Bernard Cornwell Quotes
Some deaths a man can enjoy, the death of an enemy, and Sharpe was paid to have enemies. Yet he did not wish death on the French. There was more satisfaction in seeing a surrendered enemy, a defeated enemy, than in seeing a slaughtered enemy.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.
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Look, in my personal issues I'm very private. I would like to make clear that all the matters of my family, friends, my love life, is something that is for me, and I also prefer people to invent. It amuses me a lot when I read all the things they invent.4
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As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
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Some deaths a man can enjoy, the death of an enemy, and Sharpe was paid to have enemies. Yet he did not wish death on the French. There was more satisfaction in seeing a surrendered enemy, a defeated enemy, than in seeing a slaughtered enemy.
