Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'My God, but I command King Ferdinand's guard and-' 'And King Ferdinand, sir, is a prisoner! Which does not speak, sir, for the efficacy of his guard.'Bernard Cornwell
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
Natascha McElhone -
I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
Dan O'Brien -
We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
Yami Gautam -
But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
Laura Innes -
There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
Wen Jiabao -
I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
Kaley Cuoco
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
Harold Brodkey -
I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
Ian Hart -
We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
Samina Baig -
Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
Carey Williams
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
Ralph Merkle -
My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
Natalie Portman -
We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
Gavin DeGraw -
A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
J. D. Souther -
The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
Patrick Swayze -
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
Olivia Hussey
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
Babe Ruth -
There are two clever tricks men know. One is to make much of nothing. The second is to make nothing of much.
Tanith Lee -
The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ... The intellectual solution to the first dilemma can be achieved by a deeper and more courageous examination of human nature that combines the findings of biology with those of the social sciences.
E. O. Wilson -
They had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would sell to the American people, and that wasn't true.
Nancy Pelosi -
'My God, but I command King Ferdinand's guard and-' 'And King Ferdinand, sir, is a prisoner! Which does not speak, sir, for the efficacy of his guard.'
Bernard Cornwell