Bernard Cornwell Quotes
The Marques' thought he had the Rifleman beaten, but all he had done was to make the Rifleman fight. This no longer looked like a duel to d'Alembord; it looked like a brawl leading to slaughter.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I love India.
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
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I can't tell you that if you bring in a bunch of weird and different people, then a bunch of good things will happen. But I can tell you that if you hire a bunch of similar people and promote only the ones who are most similar, a bunch of bad things are likely to happen.
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I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.
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Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are.
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I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.
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As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
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I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.
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The Marques' thought he had the Rifleman beaten, but all he had done was to make the Rifleman fight. This no longer looked like a duel to d'Alembord; it looked like a brawl leading to slaughter.
