Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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I love so many styles of music.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage.
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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I'm not just a rapper. I'm a child educator.
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Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
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I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender.
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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.
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Self-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
