Edmund Morris quotes
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“History admires the wise, but elevates the brave.”
-- Edmund MorrisSource : Edmund Morris (2011). “Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan”, p.4, Modern Library
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“I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us, us Americans with their eyes. And not all that I see is- is attractive. I see an insular people who are- are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined”
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“Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.”
-- Edmund MorrisSource : Edmund Morris (2010). “Theodore Rex”, p.60, Random House
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“There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism.”
-- Edmund MorrisSource : "A chat about the book 'Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan'". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. October 5, 1999.
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“I’m aware of the- the fact that people elsewhere in the world think differently from us. I can sort of see us, us Americans with their eyes. And not all that I see is- is attractive. I see an insular people who are- are insensitive to foreign sensibilities, who are lazy, obese, complacent and increasingly perplexed as to why we are losing our place in the world to people who are more dynamic than us and more disciplined”
-- Edmund Morris
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“You can't test courage cautiously.”
Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.102, Canongate Books
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“It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.”
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Source : "Alexander Skarsgård: Interview with a vampire". Interview with Aaron Hicklin, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.
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