Edmund Morgan Quotes

When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1916 - July 8, 2013

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My mission in life is to try and get to a point where my insides world is not affected by the outside world.

Jeremy Jackson

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However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

John Guare

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The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

Robert Reich

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A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

Robert Henri

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For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.

Matt Cameron

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Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

Roger Bacon

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When I started Cove, I spoke to three immigration lawyers who gave me a long checklist of things to do before my company could hire immigrants.

Ruchi Sanghvi

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There's nothing more pathetic than listening to a football game over the Internet, but I've done that.

Matt Besser

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Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love.

Mike Myers

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An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.

Lorrie Moore

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I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.

Jaylen Brown

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Being able to speak to all my fans is really cool - you always hear people cheering for you on the court, but to have messages of support in between tournaments is really motivating.

Dominika Cibulkova

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