"My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries."

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Robert Darnton

#Taken Quotes #Historical Quotes #Library Quotes

“There aren't many laughs in that and I remember doing a look and everybody laughed and I just thought, wow, that's incredible how you can do that. So I did another look and they laughed again and then I remember thinking, hold on, this isn't right for this piece, you've got to stop it.”

Source : "Seriously funny" by Jasper Rees, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 29, 2006.
“It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.”

Source : "12 Quotes By 5 Female Filmmakers at Chapman: 'It's Not a Level Playing Field, Get Over It'" by Tim Appelo, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 27, 2012.
“Everyone's always told about politics you have to be practical, but I actually think that's not true, you actually have to hold to a dream... and desire is part of that dream.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“Itâ€™s the mind itself which shapes the body.”
“The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.”
“That's the thing about stage: It's something you can't find anywhere else. It's a two-and-a-half, three-hour experience, and it's a real relationship. You're sending out energy from the stage, but the audience is giving you back so much also, so that's also lifting you and pushing you forward as you're performing and giving you so much energy. You can't find it anywhere else, and that's why people get addicted to being on stage, and when they're not on stage are kind of looking for that and constantly searching for it.”

Source : "Aaron Tveit Goes Undercover On "Graceland" - But He's Not Leaving Broadway Behind". Interview with Louis Peitzman, www.buzzfeed.com. August 22, 2013.
“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.”
“I have more energy to run after our four children. Weight loss and great skin were a bonus!”

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