Vittorio Alfieri Quotes
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
Vittorio Alfieri
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
Imelda Marcos
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I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
Edgard Varese
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The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
Victor Hugo
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All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an awful lot of designs, especially in this country, make life a lot more inconvenient. I'm thinking, for instance, of high-fidelity units that have so many switches and toggles and buttons and things that they confuse most people.
Victor Papanek
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She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.
Paul McCartney
The Beatles
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In this very moment I'm king In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling
Nicki Minaj
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Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.
C. S. Lewis
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Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any Canadian or Indian in his person or property, I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment, as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it shall not be disproportioned to its guilt, at such a time and in such a cause.
George Washington
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Rock and roll has always been very basic. The actual relationship between a man and a woman is different for everyone on the planet. One of the truest forms of contact is singing about boy-meets-girl. I can strut like a peacock on stage, but that's about as far as it goes. It's up to other people to see what they see. We're not overtly sexual in the sense that we go around wearing codpieces.
Joe Elliott
Def Leppard
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Margaret had always thought a man seduced a woman by making her aware of his charms: his body, his wealth, his kisses. How naive she had been. Ash Turner seduced her with the promise of her own self.
Courtney Milan
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For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
Vittorio Alfieri
