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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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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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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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
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I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
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The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
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You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can get typecast and have to keep making that same music, and you can change only slightly. It's risky to bounce around and change your type of music.
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From childhood I have been afraid of mummers. It always seemed an extra shadow without face or name had slipped among them...
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This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
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One might even say that it's one of the scandals of capitalism that most capitalist firms, internally, operate communistically.
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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.
