Daniel O'Connell Quotes
No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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I like new challenges and new experiences.
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Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue.
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My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.
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It takes a long time to get good at something, so it's important to begin as early as possible so that we can improve and begin to see the compounding benefits of the work over time.
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No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from the battle field (cheers). No other principle makes a good soldier.
