Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'Never in my life have I seen two villages on opposite banks of a river that weren't connected by a ford.'
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.
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Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.
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I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.
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Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.
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Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.
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I've never done anything like 'Brotherhood' before. It was a great challenge to take up a part in a live audience sitcom - it was amazing.
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Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.
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With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life.
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The arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak; when you’re present in the current moment; when you’re resonating with the excitement of this thing that you’re experiencing; when you are fully alive.
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I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.
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'Never in my life have I seen two villages on opposite banks of a river that weren't connected by a ford.'
