E. P. Thompson Quotes

Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.

E. P. Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 3, 1924 - August 28, 1993

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I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

Joe Greene

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It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

Sloan Wilson

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Although I am proud of all supporters, especially those legislators who have had the guts to buck the party and support me, there are some supporters who risk more than their political careers. They risk the wrath of extremists and even their livelihood for publicly supporting me.

Tom Tancredo

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I auditioned for the role of Jamie Mitchell in 'EastEnders,' and it was between me and Jack Ryder, and he got it.

Russell Tovey

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Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Mary Shelley

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Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Milton Friedman

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A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me.

Janis Ian

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I am really indoors-y. I am a video game and movie buff, and this keeps me in my little boy cave.

Jared Gilman

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If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England.

Christian Louboutin

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I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.

Conor Oberst

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The most interesting statistic, stunning statistic that came out of my research was that in 1942, as this war production effort is going on, the number of Americans killed or injured in war-related industries surpassed the number of Americans in uniform killed and wounded in action in the war by a factor of 20 to 1.

Arthur L. Herman

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