Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
Quotes to Explore
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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All the sounds of the earth are like music.
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I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.
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I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
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I'd like to recover some of the strangeness and wonder of consideration of the future.
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Please don't applaud. It may irritate your neighbour.
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In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.
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The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system.
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Incumbent Congresswoman Bustos has proven during her time in Washington that she doesn't understand or feel the pain of middle class families. We need a true representative fighting for us in Washington, and incumbent Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has refused to act.
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It's estimated that 16 million people in the U.S. have struggled with depression - and I include myself in that statistic. It's real, and it's not shameful, and there is help available. You can bring it to the light, you can tell the truth, you can go to a meeting, you can reach out to a friend. None of us are alone.
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'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.
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When I'm in certain moods, a conversation will start up in my head, and suddenly I'll realize that the language has reached a very high and interesting level, and then lines and stanzas will just kind of appear, full-blown.
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I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
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The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
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For 'Boxers & Saints,' I started by reading a couple of articles on the Internet, then writing a really rough outline, then getting more hardcore into the research. I went to a university library once a week for a year, year and a half.
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If one stays too long with friends They will soon tire of him; Living in such closeness leads to dislike and hate. It is but human to expect and demand too much When one dwells too long in companionship.
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I retweet Amnesty International tweets a lot. It isn't just, 'This person is incarcerated unjustly.' It's also, 'This person was just released.' Those are the victories we work toward, so if we don't inform people of the victories, it does become doom and gloom.
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In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
