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Michael Dirda

I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.

I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.

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These are some quotes by American author Michael Dirda Critic, who was born in 1948.

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Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.

Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.

Michael Dirda

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A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

Michael Dirda

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Close friends, or those in my pay, sometimes call me a literary polymath, while others say that I'm just a shallow dilettante, superficial and breezy, with a faux-naif style.

Close friends, or those in my pay, sometimes call me a literary polymath, while others say that I'm just a shallow dilettante, superficial and breezy, with a faux-naif style.

Michael Dirda

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It was 1953, and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein, and it was awful. So I rang the library and asked if they had anything else. They said they had 'Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution.'

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History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information.

History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information.

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A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

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