Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.
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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
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My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but I feel it's immoral for me to castigate my body for getting older, when it does everything I ask of it.
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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
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I have a thousands wants; it's hard to really hone in on just a few.
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There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that. There must be some kind of philosophical depth rendered into the language, something happening.
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I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle.
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I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.
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Something like a quarter of the founders that have gone through Excelerate and Techstars are women. I'm incredibly proud of that.
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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I don't really drink very much, although I have abused alcohol in the past.
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Communists must use the democratic method of persuasion and education when working among the laboring people and must on no account resort to commandism or coercion. The Chinese Communist Party faithfully adheres to this Marxist-Leninist principle.
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Letting men die is a money-saving device. Safety costs money… as one safety official put it, ‘When everything is hurry, hurry, hurry, when you start pressuring people and taking shortcuts, things can go wrong. And then people die.’ No. And then men die.
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The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?
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When I take the mound in Yankee Stadium I feel like my stuff is going to be better than ever.
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At my door the Pale Horse standsTo carry me to unknown lands.
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In the Army when we had judo classes, out of the class of 27 just me and another guy graduated. I grew to enjoy it because I knew I could do it well. I tried to do everything well.
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Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did it, I lived it and I breathed it every day of my life for 30-odd years and now I am slowing down a little bit. But it does not mean that I am any less intense and dedicated to the work that I am doing now. I have other priorities in life as well.
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Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
