Elliot Ackerman Quotes
When you go to war, it's important for everybody to know that they're going to come home in one way or other.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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I've never set out to teach anyone anything. It's been more of an expression of my views and feelings than sitting down and deciding 'What is today's message?' And I do think that, although I never, again, sat down consciously and thought about this, I do think judging, even for my own daughter, that children respond to that than to 'thought for the day.'
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I have an illogical affinity for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'
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I'm not very good in the rain. I don't wear a golf glove.
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I do not believe that there is any secret or single formula for success, but there are common threads of thought and action that characterize the successful people that I have been fortunate enough to know and observe. I do know, from my own experience, that our chance of succeeding is much greater when we organize and take charge of our lives. When we are willing to make decisions, we aggressively pursue those things in life that are important to us.
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Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.
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When you go to war, it's important for everybody to know that they're going to come home in one way or other.
