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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Life is as the sea, art a ship in which man conquers life's crushing formlessness, reducing it to a course, a series of swells, tides and wind currents inscribed on a chart.
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I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary.
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Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.
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The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
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For too long, I think the African-American community has been taken for granted by one party and completely ignored by the other. It is not acceptable. It's not good for the parties, for the country, or for the community.
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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.
