Bernard Cornwell Quotes
There's no chance of cheering him up, sir. He likes being miserable, so he does, and the bastard will get over it.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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I kind of have the most amazing fans ever. They are the most committed, passionate people, and I love them so much.
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I will never have a problem working with anybody. I will even work with a man if he dresses up like a woman, because it's my job. I am here to act.
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There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
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I learned from making a few of these low-budget videos early on that the best way to go about doing it is just to keep it honest and real.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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There's no denying it: I was a crappy baby who failed his way into this world, and I've been making the best of it ever since.
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One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car.
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When a young man massacres innocents, we have been trained to believe that the act was due to improper levels of chemical enzymes and misfiring synapses. As we learn more about our cells, we forget more about our souls.
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For me, it's not like I am going to look at the money the director's film has made before their film... For me, it is about working with the director whose work I have admired.
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New Orleans taught me that mourning takes many different forms. Where I'm from, mourning is spirited. It is loud.
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I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.
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And that, my young friends, is the story of our country, one invader after another. Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we're like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing.
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When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.
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There's no chance of cheering him up, sir. He likes being miserable, so he does, and the bastard will get over it.
