Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
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An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
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I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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Nobody ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody.
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I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.
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The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.
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A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone special; you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don't have to give up the chance to love.
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I am shocking, impertinent and insolent that's how it is.
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I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.
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I didn't study; I live.
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I love going to work.
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I'm just looking at Twitter like, 'Ooooooo.' No, I don't engage, but it's great. There's so many avenues to get your entertainment on; you've got so many people invested in this. I love it.
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One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've done for 3,000 performances or a song you're singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive.
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Obviously, when you're working at things, you all hope that people will relate to it.
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A scientific prize is an ambiguous thing: it highlights an individual when we should highlight a collective effort, but I'm not alone.
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The franchise tag, it's a one-year deal. I would like a little bit more stability.
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I'm definitely a perfectionist. I started entertaining so young. I think, naturally, my personality is that of a perfectionist, and then on top of that, growing up in the industry, I became very objective and analytical of myself early on, and I find myself doing that in everything.
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Every organ, gland and cell in the body is affected by the condition of the colon.
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Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
