David Lloyd George Quotes
It is not too much to say that when the Great War broke out our Generals had the most important lessons of their art to learn. Before they began they had much to unlearn. Their brains were cluttered with useless lumber, packed in every niche and corner.
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In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary.
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Before the Civil War, the Negro was certainly as efficient a workman as the raw immigrant from Ireland or Germany. But, whereas the Irishmen found economic opportunity wide and daily growing wider, the Negro found public opinion determined to 'keep him in his place.'
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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The two great aims of industrialism - replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy - seem close to fulfillment.
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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'
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My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
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When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from preventable causes, which has got to stop.
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I have no tax delinquency problem, nor have I ever.
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As an individual becomes aware of subliminal phenomena, the shock may cause him some initial physical or emotional discomfort - possibly even concern over his sanity.
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It is not too much to say that when the Great War broke out our Generals had the most important lessons of their art to learn. Before they began they had much to unlearn. Their brains were cluttered with useless lumber, packed in every niche and corner.
