Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad (Babur) Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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Let each man do his best.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies.
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The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.
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A painter is a man who paints what he sells; an artist, on the other hand, is a man who sells what he paints.
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Most men, however brave, have some anxiety or fear in them.
