Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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When you're younger, you feel like work is work and relationships are supposed to be easy. As you get older, you realize you have to work at relationships to make them sustainable.
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'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.
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Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart.
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The last time I was in a gym, Dukakis was running for president.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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Cancer is a collection of many diseases with common principles, and each disease will have to be understood and more effectively controlled on its own terms.
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Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.
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My aim is to create a happy environment where the players are working hard, but enjoying themselves. You've got to enjoy yourself, and you've got to have a bit of fun as well.
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Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs.
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I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night.
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He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.
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...self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.
