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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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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I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.
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I don't write beautifully - I just write reports about our condition.
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People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, 'I'm getting even.' … For me, being funny is the best revenge.
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A nation that hates politics will not long survive as a democracy.
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Look at the world. See the problem. And solve it
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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.
