Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

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• God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • God
  • Fight
  • Strength

• Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Needs
  • Cuba
  • Dose

• I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.

  

  Sadaharu Oh
  • Good
  • Home
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• It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.

  

  Jack Schwartz
  • Democracy
  • Ignore
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• That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.

  

  Garry Trudeau
  • Happy
  • Feel
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• If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Like
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• I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not being selected. Most actors go through the process.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
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• Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • Born
  • Being
  • Privilege

• Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.

  

  Yves Behar
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Design

• We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.

  

  Baldwin Spencer
  • Change
  • Evolve
  • Too

• I went to about one frat party a year. A year seemed to be enough time for me to forget how much I didn't like frat parties, and my friends would eventually convince me to go to one. Cheap beer, guys looking for a quick hook-up, and girls playing 'dumb' to get in on the hook-up. I just never got into it.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Up
  • Time
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• Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.

  

  Edmund Phelps
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• I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Know
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• If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Up
  • True

• It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

  

  E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Always
  • Really
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• One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you've done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven't been in work because you've been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Work
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• I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.

  

  Taye Diggs
  • Chemistry
  • Almost
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• In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Democracy
  • Process
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• Believe me, blond hair can take you really far, especially with the older men. It can really distract from the face. I am convinced I could have had sex with both Tony Bennett and John McCain if we weren't each happily married at the time we all met.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Men

• In 2008, I was one of millions united for hope and change. As 2010 dawns, change looks to me like more of the same. Instead of peace, we got more war. Instead of health care reform, we have an industry win that requires Americans to buy health insurance without any real cost controls.

  

  Jodie Evans
  • Real
  • War
  • Hope

• My parents had no interest in spending a lot of time with me. They were busy doing what they were doing, but they were not obnoxious. They were fabulous.

  

  Angela Bowie
  • Time
  • Parents

• Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
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