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.
E. W. Howe -
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson -
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
Saadi -
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.
Nathan Myhrvold -
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.
Randy Hultgren -
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.
Vince Vaughn
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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.
Iain Banks -
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.
Gary Gygax -
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.
Laura Dern -
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
Igor Stravinsky -
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
Irvin S. Cobb -
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.
Edith Sitwell
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
Samuel Beckett -
The last time I was in a gym, Dukakis was running for president.
Daniel Breaker -
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
Ulysses S. Grant -
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.
Harold E. Varmus -
'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm watching TV.
Adam Pally -
If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.
Barack Obama
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'Don’t you think it’s ironic that you have no idea what you’re supposed to do,' said Verily, 'and yet so many people have gone to so much trouble to prevent you from doing it?'
Orson Scott Card -
I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.
Holly Hunter -
I guess the reason that I'm a horror fan is that I think it gives people the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being scared in a safe environment. I think that's why, for all of human history, we've been telling each other scary stories: because it exorcises something that we need to exorcise in a safe place.
Annie Parisse -
Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there.
J. R. Moehringer -
I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.
Liz Williams -
...self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.
Carl von Clausewitz