John Keegan Quotes
If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.
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I am not honest.
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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I don't go to royal parties or play polo on horseback. No, I don't hang out with the posh crowd, if that makes sense.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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It is critical to bundle all future variable costs of supporting the customer in order to fairly estimate the future contribution.
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It's always fun to make people laugh, and then make them afraid or cry at the same time.
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We should not underestimate the harm it would bring should it be published.
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I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English. I speak bad Turkish and utter stupid sentences.
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I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.
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If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.
