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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After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.
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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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The Mexican succumbs very easily to sentimental effusions, and therefore he shuns them.
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I think it's the same reason why people want to laugh their heads off.
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I love playing music as much as if not more so than I did when I was 19; that compared to most of my peers is pretty surprising. I wake up every day and get really excited about doing stuff that I have been doing for the last 30 years. I just love it.
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... how poorly do we love even those whom we love most! We are not only bruised by the limitations of their love for us, but also by the limitations of our own love for them.
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We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.
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The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.
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Christians should actively engage in efforts to make every societal institution assume its own responsibility, warding off the interference of others. That, too, is participation in the restoration of creation and the coming of the kingdom of God.
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Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
