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I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

David McCullough

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David McCullough
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 7
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.
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People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works.
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Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story.
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If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.
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Find something to do that you love because then the work itself is always the reward not the recompense. And if you love what you're doing you probably do better at it than doing something you don't love and therefore you'll be compensated appropriately.
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I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are.
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Unlike the people you see in Mathew Brady's photographs from the Civil War, the men and women of the Revolution seem more like characters in a costume pageant. And it's a pageant in which the performers are all handsome as stage actors, with uniforms and dress that are always costume perfect.
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My strong feeling is that we must learn more about how we learn. I'm convinced that we learn by struggling to find the solution to a problem on our own with some guidance, but getting in and getting our hands dirty and working it.
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History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.
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The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.
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I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.
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Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.
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The past after all is only another name for someone else's present.
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The most interesting people are never perfect.
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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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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
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We all know the old expression, I'll work my thoughts out on paper. There's something about the pen that focuses the brain in a way that nothing else does. That is why we must have more writing in the schools, more writing in all subjects, not just in English classes.
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