Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
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Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
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The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
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And the desire to own property, to take for ourselves things which in no way belong to us, does not stop short at the sun. The air is already bought and sold as a commodity, by health resorts. And what of water? Or waterpower? Why should the earth be parceled out into private hands? Is it any different from the sun? No; the earth belongs to the people who live on it. God intended it for them, but it has been taken over by private individuals. Privare means to steal. Thus private property is stolen property - property stolen from God and from humankind!
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I was very pleased with both starting groups there, ... It's still preseason, but we needed a good lift.
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I take Him shopping with me. I say, OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain.
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In my state [ Maryland] we've lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it's very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.
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I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
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People's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances.
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An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
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In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.
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The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
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The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action.
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I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.
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Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.
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I think music made me who I am. Music taught me what was gutter and what wasn't. Music taught me how to live.
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Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.
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Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?
