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I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

David McCullough

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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them. (Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)
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A leader must look and act the part.
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Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.
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I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.
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I'm absolutely positive it's in our human nature to want to know about the past. The two most popular movies of all time, while not historically accurate, are about core historic events: 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Titanic.'
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The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life, is an achievement... To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.
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It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.
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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
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The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.
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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.
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You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene
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There are no people on earth in whom a spirit of enthusiastic zeal is so readily kindled, and burns so remarkably, as Americans
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There are people who are trying to write history for the general reader who can be quite tedious. That said, I do feel in my heart of hearts that if history isn't well written, it isn't going to be read, and if it isn't read it's going to die.
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People often ask me if I'm working on a book. That's not how I feel. I feel like I work in a book. It's like putting myself under a spell. And this spell, if you will, is so real to me that if I have to leave my work for a few days, I have to work myself back into the spell when I come back. It's almost like hypnosis.
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There's no such thing as a foreseeable future.
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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system.
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My wife, the star I steer by.
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You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.
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