Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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It's hard not to read the success of someone like Hilary Mantel as the product of a world that is too nervous, too crazy, and perhaps too interesting for some people.
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Keep your virginity for as long as you can, until it starts to feel weird to you. Then just get it over with.
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People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.
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There is no one single solution to the gun violence issue, nor are there any easy answers.
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"I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference.
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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
