William Halsey (Bill Halsey) Quotes
I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.
William Halsey
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Washington Irving
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
Wayne Grady
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We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.
Calvin Trillin
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My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
Patricia Polacco
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Being honest with you, it's not the 'great' wall of China. It's an all right wall. It's the 'All Right Wall of China.'
Karl Pilkington
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A. J. P. Taylor
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
Mahmoud Abbas
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
Ted Allen
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Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
Mamata Banerjee
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
Youssou N'Dour