Barbara Holland Quotes
Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
Nate Berkus
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
Nan Fairbrother
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
Rachel Joyce
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
Oliver Tambo
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Barney Frank
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
Malala Yousafzai
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It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
Mao Zedong
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
Cameron Russell
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
Orlando Bloom
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
Carine Roitfeld
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You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.
Harry Belafonte
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Well I don't know that I'm okay any more than anyone else is okay, I lead a happy life and a very full one - I have a happy marriage and my kids are all cheerful, and no one is finding fault with me, personally.
L. Ron Hubbard
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
Karen Gillan
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I love my right-wing friends, my practical friends, my bleeding heart friends - without all of these viewpoints, life would be pretty boring.
Dana Perino
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
Fantasia Barrino
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
Warren Farrell
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It's a terrible poison, writing.
A. S. Byatt
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See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.
Garrett Hedlund
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Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.
Napoleon Hill
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Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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After all meat is meat. I don't understand why so many people are bithing about it. It's very healthy and contains lots of vitamins
Zach Braff
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Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.
Barbara Holland