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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Here you would know and enjoy what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.
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I'm a big fan of TV.
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I really remember John Lennon's Imagine. I guess I'm twelve; that's one of my first albums. That really set fire to me. It was like he was whispering in your ear - his ideas of what's possible. Different ways of seeing the world.
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My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even though my heart is filled with corruption and even though I am not doing my best to please him, I have in heaven at the Father’s right hand the beloved Son, who has not only done his best for himself but has fulfilled all righteousness for me in my place.
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On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’ Because there had never been anyone like you ever in the world.
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It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire.
