James Wolfe Quotes
The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country.James Wolfe
Quotes to Explore
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
Abby Wambach -
You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
Garrett Clayton -
Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
U Thant -
I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
Laura Linney -
I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
Tariq Ali
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I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.
Orlando Bloom -
Being a celebrity is a business.
Caitlyn Jenner -
Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
Rachel Sklar -
I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
Kailash Kher -
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
Pam Grier -
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.
Edmund White
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
J. B. Pritzker -
I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
Rachel Kushner -
I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
Tali Lennox -
My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
Ram Charan -
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
Takashi Murakami
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
Wavy Gravy -
I play with a lot of great peers around the NFL - to even be mentioned with those guys is something special.
Antonio Brown -
In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
Eleanora Fagan -
It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
Thomas Sowell -
The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country.
James Wolfe