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David McCullough Quotes

In time I began to understand that it’s when you start writing that you really find out what you don’t know and need to know Picture Quote #1

I’m very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down Picture Quote #1

I’m drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist Picture Quote #1

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber Picture Quote #1

I love all sides of the work but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard Picture Quote #1

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research Picture Quote #1

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First of all, you can make the argument that there’s no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past Picture Quote #1

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project Picture Quote #1

I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live Picture Quote #1

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities Picture Quote #1

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried Picture Quote #1

To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor Picture Quote #1

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... Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out Picture Quote #1

We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system Picture Quote #1

The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost Picture Quote #1

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you Picture Quote #1

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know Picture Quote #1

Just imagine if in his inaugural address John F. Kennedy had said, ‘Ask not what your country can, you know, do for you, but what you can, like, do for your country actually Picture Quote #1

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If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are Picture Quote #1

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you Picture Quote #1

The truth isn’t just the facts. You can have all the facts imaginable and miss the truth, just as you can have facts missing or some wrong, and reach the larger truth Picture Quote #1

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard Picture Quote #1

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When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book Picture Quote #1

You can’t love what you don’t know much about. You can’t convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don’t know what you’re talking about Picture Quote #1

Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave Picture Quote #1

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader Picture Quote #1

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is Picture Quote #1

Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer Picture Quote #1

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In time I began to understand that it’s when you start writing that you really find out what you don’t know and need to know (David McCullough Quotes) I’m very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down (David McCullough Quotes) I’m drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist (David McCullough Quotes) I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber (David McCullough Quotes) I love all sides of the work but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard (David McCullough Quotes) I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research (David McCullough Quotes) First of all, you can make the argument that there’s no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past (David McCullough Quotes) Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project (David McCullough Quotes) I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live (David McCullough Quotes) I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities (David McCullough Quotes) He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried (David McCullough Quotes) To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor (David McCullough Quotes) ... Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out (David McCullough Quotes) We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system (David McCullough Quotes) The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost (David McCullough Quotes) Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you (David McCullough Quotes) Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It’s accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know (David McCullough Quotes) Just imagine if in his inaugural address John F. Kennedy had said, ‘Ask not what your country can, you know, do for you, but what you can, like, do for your country actually (David McCullough Quotes) If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless (David McCullough Quotes) 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 (David McCullough Quotes) History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are (David McCullough Quotes) Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you (David McCullough Quotes) The truth isn’t just the facts. You can have all the facts imaginable and miss the truth, just as you can have facts missing or some wrong, and reach the larger truth (David McCullough Quotes) Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard (David McCullough Quotes) When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book (David McCullough Quotes) You can’t love what you don’t know much about. You can’t convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don’t know what you’re talking about (David McCullough Quotes) Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave (David McCullough Quotes) My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader (David McCullough Quotes) To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn’t just part of our civic responsibility. To me it’s an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is (David McCullough Quotes) Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer (David McCullough Quotes)

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