Bernard Cornwell Quotes
For five thousand infantry would now cross the Kaitna at a place where men said the river was uncrossable, then fight an enemy horde at least ten times their number. ... The enemy had stolen a march, the redcoats had journeyed all night and were bone tired, but Wellesley would have his battle.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
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I'm proud of my sexuality.
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I was brought up as a normal kid.
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It was all men, and there I was prancing around in gowns that barely got past the censors.
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One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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Study the hurtful patterns of your life.
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Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
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Sometimes things aren't logical. Sometimes things don't follow timetables.
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Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.
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I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night.
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For five thousand infantry would now cross the Kaitna at a place where men said the river was uncrossable, then fight an enemy horde at least ten times their number. ... The enemy had stolen a march, the redcoats had journeyed all night and were bone tired, but Wellesley would have his battle.
