Bernard Cornwell Quotes
A charge of knights was supposed to be thundering death on hooves, a flail of metal driven by the ponderous weight of men, horses and armor, and properly done, it was a mass maker of widows.
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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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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For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.
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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
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Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.
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There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
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A charge of knights was supposed to be thundering death on hooves, a flail of metal driven by the ponderous weight of men, horses and armor, and properly done, it was a mass maker of widows.
