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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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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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A leader must look and act the part.
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My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.
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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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The most interesting people are never perfect.
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Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.
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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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Nobody ever lived in the past.
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Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
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I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best and who is the worst. I am much more inclined to be interested in them if they had an interesting life and if they were a complete person - and by that I mean they also had flaws and failings.
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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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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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Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.
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Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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The past after all is only another name for someone else's present.
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