Pierce Brown Quotes
When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.
Quotes to Explore
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I don't eat red meat.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.
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When I was a kid growing up in the States in the late '70s and early '80s, as soon as 'Dallas' came on on a Friday night on CBS at 9 P.M., we stopped everything from that moment on as a family.
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Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
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I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.
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We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.
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When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.
