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.
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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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I never rebelled against my parents - I worked hard, I was responsible, and I didn't go to high-school parties.
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Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work, and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.
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I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about the whole thing. Even things like doing an interview. It's not as though we just met in the pub and are having a chat - it's part of a process. If you do it all day, every day for years, you end up thinking: 'Who the hell am I?' I was lucky enough to make some money, enough to let me kick back. It was a great experience and it was nice to have a couple of No.1s but the best thing about it was that the money I made allowed me to have freedom and choice in my life.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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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.
