Norman Maclean Quotes
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.
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If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated.
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
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I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda.
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As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail.
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I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.
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Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
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Who else is the enemy of Nature but he who mistakes himself for more intelligent than Nature, though it is the highest school for all of us?
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There had to be an end of slavery. Then we were fighting an enemy with whom we could not make a peace. We had to destroy him. No convention, no treaty was possible. Only destruction.
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Serious reflexion about one's own character will often induce a curious sense of emptiness; and if one knows another person well, one may sometimes intuit a similar void in him. (This is one of the strange privileges of friendship.)
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It takes a little more persistence to get up and go the distanceI'm not giving inI'm not missing outI'm not giving up on implausible dreams - The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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Soldiers willingly, sometimes foolishly, risk their own lives to keep their comrades out of enemy hands.
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True friendship is a promise you keep forever.
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You can make an album, and people won't get it. Or won't connect with it. Or won't - whatever is going on in the universe at that time, it doesn't really register.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.
