Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
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I like 'Star Wars.' I mean, I don't go to the conventions and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi or anything, but I like watching the movies.
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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
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What is writing but an expression of my own life?
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I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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But playing your music as loud as you want and coming home drunk aren't real life. Real life, it turns out, is diapers and lawnmowers, decks that need painting, a wife that needs to be listened to, kids that need to be taught right from wrong, a checkbook, an oil change, a sunset behind a mountain, laughter at a kitchen table, too much wine, a chipped tooth, and a screaming child.
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We've been getting progressively better which is good. We haven't been consistent. We've been up and down, but I'm more encouraged than discouraged. It's been an up and down year. We had a real fine game against DePaul and I can tell you I am looking forward to this game.
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Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.
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The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
