Ernie Pyle Quotes
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.
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Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'
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Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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A prime time to catch yourself putting on your personality is in the moments between sleeping and waking.
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It’s easy to lose your reputation, it’s easy to lose your friends, to lose their confidence, than to regain it.
Garry Kasparov -
In the desert a fountain is springing,In the wide waste there still is a tree,And a bird in the solitude singing,Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
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The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.
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Non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.
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'Me, I am convinced it is the truth,' said M. Bouc, becoming more and more enamoured of his theory.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Both me and Ishmeet were very naughty. We used to have my grandfather's swords in the house. We used to take all these swords and take all the showpieces Mom had and slice them one by one. He actually locked my nana in the kitchen once for two hours.
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I have a very toxic combination of being completely determined, inflexible, controlling and being totally shy, guilty at hurting anyone's feelings, hypersensitive to other people's needs - and it's just paralysing.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and both of you think that's awesome.
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It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire.
