"You have to study the people and the……" — Walter Lord
"You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect."
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11 Quotes by Walter Lord
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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
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It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs…
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The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
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It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware…
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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not…
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There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years…
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Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith,…
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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In order to win, you must expect to win.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.
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