Bernard Cornwell Quotes
'They like the idea of recusing women. ... Everyone hates the bloody army till someone needs rescuing, then we're all bloody heroes and white knights.'
Quotes to Explore
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take time to fully play out.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
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I don't care what people think about me because I know I am more than all the pain and strife they hold inside.
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From the church I received a spiritual foundation that has kept me balanced. From the gospel music I learned the importance of singing with emotion- authentic emotion- not contrived- which has made my music endearing.
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When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful.
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It has become impossible to forget 'votes for women,' just as it was impossible to forget the reformation of Luther.
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'They like the idea of recusing women. ... Everyone hates the bloody army till someone needs rescuing, then we're all bloody heroes and white knights.'
