People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and you have to get to the beginning of the 20th century fast. It’s pretty easy to go lightly on the Gilded Age. H. W. Brands Read Quote
I’m under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people. Jorge Amado Read Quote
It’s a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now. Claire Danes Read Quote
I regret I didn’t ever learn how to fly a plane. I had the opportunity when I started to make some money, and I regret I didn’t really take the time out and put the effort in and do that. Jimmy Cliff Read Quote
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. Barry Goldwater Read Quote
I don’t think enough players channel the energy of the crowd. If it’s done properly, and you don’t let anger overwhelm and distract you, it’s like a shot of adrenaline in the arm, and it gets the crowd pumped up. John McEnroe Read Quote
When I defend our right to hunt and fish on public lands, rivers and streams. Or work for better schools. And more good paying jobs that can support a family. Those aren’t political issues to me. They’re personal. Steve Bullock Read Quote
When you ask me why I do one film a year, it is not my fault. I’ve chosen what I liked from whatever work came my way. Pankaj Kapur Read Quote
