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David McCullough is an American historian and author renowned for his in-depth research and vivid storytelling. His works typically focus on significant individuals and events in American history, enjoying great popularity among readers.

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“I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art, music, engineering, science, medicine, finance, the world of architecture and technology - if those are left out, then you're not getting a full sense of the human condition. History is human and we human beings are involved in all kinds of things and that's part of our humanity.”

“I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are.”

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“I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like.”

Feels Light Happens Fall Walks Winter Things Happen

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“There are people who are trying to write history for the general reader who can be quite tedious. That said, I do feel in my heart of hearts that if history isn't well written, it isn't going to be read, and if it isn't read it's going to die.”

People Ifs Feels Writing Trying Wells Heart Said Dies Written Reader My Heart Tedious Well Written

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“I feel that what I do is a calling. I would pay to do what I do if I had to. I will never live long enough to do the work I want to do: the books I would like to write, the ideas I would like to explore.”

Ifs Want Feels Writing Long Book Ideas Enough Pay Calling

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“Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called Life on a Little Known Planet. It's about insects. It will make you feel better.”

Feels Littles Book Reading Chance Known Growing Planets Pure Enjoyment Feel Better Insects Book Reading

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“People often ask me if I'm working on a book. That's not how I feel. I feel like I work in a book. It's like putting myself under a spell. And this spell, if you will, is so real to me that if I have to leave my work for a few days, I have to work myself back into the spell when I come back. It's almost like hypnosis.”

People Ifs Feels Book Real Asks Ask Me Spells Hypnosis

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“I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.”

Feels Enjoy Higher Loafing

Book:Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Faimly, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

Source: Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Faimly, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

“I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene”

Want Feels Ignorance Surround Mist Lament Liberal Education

Book:David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the Seas, Truman, The Course of Human Events

Source: David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the Seas, Truman, The Course of Human Events