“Nothing is inevitable until it happens.” — A. J. P. Taylor Quote

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Everything happens for a reason.

I lose sleep if I end up feeling bad about something I've said. Usually that happens when I send something out without having read it over a few times, or when I call somebody names.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally.

There are times when I do feel very nervous when I start a film. And I feel very nervous before the release. I do get stuck in some scenes, but that's very natural and human. It happens to all the artistes in the world.