The best Quotes by Antony Beevor

The best Quotes by Antony Beevor

Sir Antony James Beevor (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works.

The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.

What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.

I get slightly obsessive about working in archives because you don't know what you're going to find. In fact, you don't know what you're looking for until you find it.

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I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

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London. The beating heart of England.

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England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.

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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

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I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.

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In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.

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There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.

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The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

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I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

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I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

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