Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkMorningChildrenSchoolSmall

When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.

Jim Pattison

LifeJobSchoolMeHigh SchoolHigh

We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged.

John Edward Redmond

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So much luck! I'm not putting myself down, I'm not saying I don't have talent - I must have, to have got this far - but I honestly believe that some of the greatest actors in America are tending bar and waiting tables and driving taxis, and it will never happen for them.

John Mahoney

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Regarding my pay, my salary, that I don't 'earn a lot,' these are things that are a result of two years ago when I came to Inter. To me, it was a good contract for having arrived at Inter. I signed the contract with the excitement and desire to prove my worth and be an important player for Inter.

Mauro Icardi

GoodMeResultWorthDesireSalary

What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

KnowledgeSocietyFunctionDifferent

I want to be more than just an artist and be a people's person and do a lot of stuff for people.

Stefflon Don

PeopleArtistPersonWantMoreJust

It ain't the picture and it ain't the camera - it's the operator.

Simon Travaglia

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When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.

Mary Tyler Moore

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Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've always graded it.

Mike McCarthy

DecisionWayAlwaysBallSystemOur

That's a big important deal, the way people see you from the stage. Once in a while, I'd ask people, 'How did you enjoy the show?' 'Hey, you looked great.' But how did I sound? That visual look is very important to people.

Johnny Mathis

GreatPeopleEnjoyYouLookWay

Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.

Johnny Van Zant

PeopleYouBadSome PeopleAnything

When you fail to tell the truth, you are kept bound to the past in ways that devastate your soul.

Debbie Ford

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