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Who has not served cannot command.

John Florio

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• We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Trying
  • Society
  • Gay

• We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Family
  • Exercise
  • Arrogance

• Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Work
  • Great
  • Respectful

• Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Father

• Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Long
  • Money
  • Movie

• Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

  

  Irvin S. Cobb
  • Humor
  • Head
  • Tragedy

• Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Women
  • Star
  • Sports

• Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

  

  Ian K. Smith
  • Happiness
  • Pleasure
  • Equal

• There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • People
  • Country
  • Fashion

• Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.

  

  Paris Jackson
  • People
  • Work
  • Words

• I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Believe
  • Value
  • Carry

• Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in their nation's future. Such pessimism leads to disengagement. We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Future
  • Control
  • Risk

• 'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • People
  • Good
  • Different

• Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Work
  • Pain
  • Easy

• 'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Proud
  • Yourself
  • Born

• I'm fascinated by how much has changed from one generation to another. There are young people growing up now for whom apartheid is just a distant memory and the idea of military service is an abstract notion.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Remember
  • Forever
  • Care

• I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're dancing with your friends, I can't do that. I'm not a freestyler. It just doesn't come naturally to me. Clapping is my go-to dance.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • Friends
  • Dance
  • Learn

• I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is to constitute it as Sparta and Venice were constituted; to place it in a strong position, and so to fortify it that no one will dream of taking it by a sudden assault; and, on the other hand, not to make it so large as to appear formidable to its neighbors. It should in this way be able to enjoy its form of government for a long time. For war is made on a commonwealth for two reasons: to subjugate it, and for fear of being subjugated by it.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Way
  • Venice
  • Constitute

• I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn't.

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Writing
  • Done
  • Wish

• We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.'

  

  Charles Barkley

• We name time when we say: every thing has its time. This means: everything which actually is, every being comes and goes at the right time and remains for a time during the time allotted to it. Every thing has its time.

  

  Martin Heidegger
  • Time

• Who has not served cannot command.

  

  John Florio