Quotes
Authors
Simon Schama

"Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may have been different, but the result would once again be disaster. What happened in America was really round two of those wars - the civil war of the British Empire, with the Hanoverians playing the part of the Stuarts, and the Americans the heirs of the revolutionaries, of Cromwell and of William III, the inheritors of a true British liberty, that had somehow got lost in its own motherland."

-- Simon Schama

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“Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
“Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.”

Source : Kate Millett (2016). “Sexual Politics”, p.31, Columbia University Press
“The only lifestyle I'm promoting is the lifestyle of love and friendship. The lifestyle of music, and joy, and fashion. So whoever wants to come and get part of that lifestyle, we accept anybody.”
“The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to.”
“I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.”
“God loves broken people because broken people are all that there are.”
“When your elders are millennia-old demigods, youâ€™d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.”
“TOP FIVE WAYS PEOPLE CAN SURPRISE YOU 5. Just when you think theyâ€™ve given up on you, they prove that they never will. 4. They find a way to speak up after staying silent for so long. 3. They defend you when you least expect it. 2. By showing you how life can get better now. 1. By helping you find a place to belong.”

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