Oliver Cromwell Quotes
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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The American dream is about freedom.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, women have so little to do with what's going on behind the scenes.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
