I think it's best to pick a biographical subject who lives to a ripe old age. Older people tend to relax and speak their minds. They're dropping some of the masks that they've been wearing. There's a candor.
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. - David Mccullough
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
- David Mccullough
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, … - David Mccullough
History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, …
You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think wi… - David Mccullough
You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think wi…
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. - David Mccullough
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.
When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They mean… - David Mccullough
When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They mean…
We are all what we are, in large degree, because of others who have helped, coached, taught, counseled, who set a standard by example, who've taken a… - David Mccullough
We are all what we are, in large degree, because of others who have helped, coached, taught, counseled, who set a standard by example, who've taken a…
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. - David Mccullough
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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 ca… - David Mccullough
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 ca…
Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in th… - David Mccullough
Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in th…
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