"Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things,……" — Jon Meacham
"Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot."
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77 Quotes by Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham has 77 quotes on this site.
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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less…
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Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the…
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Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.
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In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from…
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In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about…
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A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but…
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We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we…
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There is nothing new under the sun.
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not…
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We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them…
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One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it…
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The government invented the Internet.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then…
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
— Hannah Arendt
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
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Well begun is half done.
— Aristotle
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A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole…
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
— Aristotle
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition…
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