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Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: January 30, 1912 - February 6, 1989

Topics

Science History Thought Literature

There is something interesting about a face that has lived.

Face Interesting Lived Something

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.

Men War Violence Ready Will Way

You have actors you've worked with previously, and you have actors you haven't worked with that you've seen in things where you know they can work in these parts. And then there are actors who blow you away, who surprise you.

Work Surprise You Know Things Seen

I don't really see myself as a socialite or as a 'child of someone.' I'd rather be working than going to fashion parties all the time.

Time Myself Child Fashion Someone

I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.

Great People Stupid Thought America

I'm quite strong for a girl. I studied karate growing up - I'm a brown belt - and me and my sister used to beat the crap out of each other.

Suki Waterhouse

Girl Me Sister Growing Up Strong Up

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Miguel de Cervantes

Love Wings Absence Hours Our

I've always known exactly who I am, but growing up has always been a struggle. I've even been called an 'it.'

Struggle I Am Growing Up Growing Up

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

Josephine de La Baume

Music Beautiful Brother Parents Jazz

When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.

Dimebag Darrell

Live Hell Idiot Play Jump More

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Tongue Talk Listen More Two Ears

As I grew up, I wasn't a great buyer of albums, but I really liked 'The Jam.' I like good musicians and loved the energy of their songs.

Good Great Energy Loved Musicians

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