Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network - gives them the advantage of having fresh, and yes, clean faces.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.
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It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
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I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!
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When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.