"Many of us came away from our youth……" — Nathaniel Philbrick
"Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated."
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14 Quotes by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When…
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People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work…
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Enthusiasm is big. When I write a book, it's a three-year commitment. Toward the end, I'm writing seven days a…
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As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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Whaling was the oil business of its day.
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In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the…
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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.
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In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the…
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