Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'Form them up Sergeant!' 'Aye aye, sir.' 'You're not a bloody sailor, Sergeant. A plain yes will do.' Aye aye, sir.'
Quotes to Explore
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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I've long thought that Marco Rubio would make a strong G.O.P. candidate for president. While he was brought into office by surfing on the Tea Party wave, he has proven himself not to be wedded to the frequent lunacy of those folks.
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The Bible is big in my teaching. It's a wonder the ACLU didn't get after me pretty good. I really kept thinking they would. I took my boys to church. I took my football team to church. I only did it two times a year. Before I signed a kid, I'd write the parents and I'd tell that parent we were gong to take your son to church twice.
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Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
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What the altar-bound of today end up buying from their numberless vendors is a dog's breakfast of bridal excess - part society wedding of the twenties, part Long Island Italian wedding of the fifties. It's The Philadelphia Story and The Wedding Singer served up together in one curious and costly buffet.
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'Form them up Sergeant!' 'Aye aye, sir.' 'You're not a bloody sailor, Sergeant. A plain yes will do.' Aye aye, sir.'
