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title: "1 Writing Gets Quotes By David Starkey"
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> [Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send it out and see what others think. If not, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/once-a-piece-of-writing-gets-to-a-moment-where-it-s-not-going-to-get/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

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## More by David Starkey

> [I enjoy cooking, but stick to modern dishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-enjoy-cooking-but-stick-to-modern-dishes/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [Only bad teachers lecture at a tutorial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/only-bad-teachers-lecture-at-a-tutorial/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [I was born in a council house, my father left school at the age of 11, had his teeth out without anaesthetic at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-was-born-in-a-council-house-my-father-left-school-at-the-age-of-11/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [I was a complete and typical only child. I was bookish, and sport was out of the question anyway. I had read all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-was-a-complete-and-typical-only-child-i-was-bookish-and-sport-was/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [I hate niceness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-hate-niceness/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/compare-the-scale-and-magnifcence-of-versailles-with-st-james-s-the/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [Churchill may have made some horrendous mistakes - Gallipoli, for one - but he had a sense of the profundity and integrity of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/churchill-may-have-made-some-horrendous-mistakes-gallipoli-for-one/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [We have this extraordinarily unbalanced constitution, in which we have an elected dictatorship of the prime minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/we-have-this-extraordinarily-unbalanced-constitution-in-which-we-have/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [Historians have become far too precious. Their work has become ever more specialised and, as they steadily lose the context of their studies, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/historians-have-become-far-too-precious-their-work-has-become-ever/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [Floating the idea that every kid in Brixton can become a whizkid at information technology is dishonest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/floating-the-idea-that-every-kid-in-brixton-can-become-a-whizkid-at/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/the-reign-of-henry-viii-is-the-axis-around-which-england-turns/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [What I love doing is creating a room, with attractive paintings and colours and furnishings - very much my mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/what-i-love-doing-is-creating-a-room-with-attractive-paintings-and/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [I mean, really, compared to a senior civil servant, I'm very modestly paid!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-mean-really-compared-to-a-senior-civil-servant-i-m-very-modestly/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [I'm not a completely envy-free zone - I envy 25-year-old men with magnificent bodies - but when I look at my colleagues on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-m-not-a-completely-envy-free-zone-i-envy-25-year-old-men-with/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

> [What Black Lives Matter is doing is a deliberate inversion of the proper processes of historical analysis. It is beginning with a conclusion. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/what-black-lives-matter-is-doing-is-a-deliberate-inversion-of-the/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

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