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David McCullough

"I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist."

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"I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist."

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"Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

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"Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort."

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"Cooperation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow."

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"Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted."

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"Failures make character, not success."

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"Words let you know what is in someone's mind, deeds let you know what is in someone's heart, and character lets you know what is in someone's soul."

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"The Dark Knight 2008, favourite character Joker always in the right face and showing all humans in one character. A character died from characters!"

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"Be as humble as Moses, as patient as Job, and as virtuous as Daniel."

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

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"I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down."
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"I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals."
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"To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life."
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"People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works."
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David McCullough
"I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber."
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David McCullough
"No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read."
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David McCullough
"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."
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David McCullough
"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."
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David McCullough
"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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David McCullough
"There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing."
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