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Walter Lord Quotes

American historian and author (b. 1917), Birth: 8-10-1917, Death: 19-5-2002
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Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.
Walter Lord

2.
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
Walter Lord

3.
Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
Walter Lord

4.
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
Walter Lord

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It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.
Walter Lord

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It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.
Walter Lord

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The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
Walter Lord

8.
I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
Walter Lord

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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.
Walter Lord

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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 had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.
Walter Lord