Nathaniel Philbrick We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out. – Nathaniel Philbrick Avoiding Quotes Battlefield Quotes Defensiveminded Quotes Pragmatist Quotes Revolution Quotes Risks Quotes Started Quotes Unnecessary Quotes Washington Quotes What’s been largely forgotten is that Washington was highly passionate and aggressive, and it was only after losing Philadelphia to the British after a string of disastrous battlefield performances that he finally resigned himself to the more conservative approach with which he has since become associated. Unfortunately, we have a tendency to see figures from the past as caricatures – either all good or all bad – when the truth is always much more complex.
Mickey Gilley If you’re not on a major label today, you’re not gonna get played. They’ve got the market sewed up. – Mickey Gilley
Isabeli Fontana I try to eat right. Every three hours, small portions. It helps to keep you fit. – Isabeli Fontana
Amity Gaige In the best writers, the outward-reaching interest in the ‘found subject’ leads back at a hairpin to some uncomfortable inner recognition that the writer has journeyed very far to see; he comes home half-dead. – Amity Gaige
Dale T Mortensen In response to the drop in wealth suffered as a consequence of the 2008 financial crisis, homeowners and firms did attempt to increase savings in financial assets by reducing expenditure on durables. – Dale T Mortensen
Dino Morea I did have good movies but they did not work in the Box Office… I did ‘Holiday,’ ‘Aksar,’ ‘Plan’ they were all good movies but they did not work. – Dino Morea
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