Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'There are rules, orders, regulations, Sharpe, by which our lives are conducted. If we ignore those rules, burdensome though they may be, then we open the gates to anarchy and tyranny; the very things against which we fight!'

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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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Fingir é conhecer-se.
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Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.
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'There are rules, orders, regulations, Sharpe, by which our lives are conducted. If we ignore those rules, burdensome though they may be, then we open the gates to anarchy and tyranny; the very things against which we fight!'