Duke of Wellington Quotes
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
Quotes to Explore
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
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I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.
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The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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A story about my life would be utterly dull.
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I always check my harness before I do a stunt; I test-drive the cars I have to race or explode; I'm present at all pyrotechnical rehearsals; and I walk through everything step-by-step. No man should put their life in someone else's hands unless they have covered their own safety from all angles.
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All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
