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If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident.


Barbara W. Tuchman

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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Every repetition of the choice only hardened the issue.
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Mankind's tragedy is that he can draw up blueprints for a better life but he cannot live up to them.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN William McKinley was a man made to be managed.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Henry Adams, like most people, saw society in his own image.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN I command, or I keep quiet." Napoleon
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Even the respectable have a small anarchist hidden on the inside.
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself.
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN The fate of warnings in political affairs is to be futile when the recipient wishes otherwise.
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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN He never hears the truth about himself by not wishing to hear it." Pope Alexander
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Isolation might be more hazardous than splendor.
BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done." Benjamin Franklin
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BARBARA DEMICK Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaki...
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BARBARA WALTERS I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.
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BARBARA WALTERS Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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BARBARA SHER We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHER You don't have to get it right the first time.
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BARBARA SHER Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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BARBARA SHER Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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BARBARA ROSENBLAT I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all ...
BARBARA ROSENBLAT Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
BARBARA ROSENBLAT Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.
BARBARA PYM How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should t...
BARBARA PYM I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a c...
BARBARA PARK My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that ...
BARBARA PARK My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how de...
BARBARA PARK I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
BARBARA PARK My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to...
BARBARA PARK I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.
BARBARA PARK Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
BARBARA PARK Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is...
BARBARA PARK