Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?
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I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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I like a mannish man: a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman - not just a man with muscles.
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Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
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The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
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I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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What Guitar Hero has done is to turn music inside out. Whereas the iPod made music very personal, very singular - you put your ear-buds in and you listen to it - Guitar Hero turned it around and made it very social. So it is fun to play. It's fun to play against people.
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I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
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Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.
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I'm a very self-conscious person.
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We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing. Which, when I was little, really bothered me.
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
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Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?
