Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
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My writing could be the most beautiful or important piece of prose, but it means nothing if it's boring, if people aren't listening or reading. I think transporting someone, putting them in a story for a few hours, taking them out of their worlds, is what I always strive to do.
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I can't predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game.
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Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
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I believe in God.
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Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic.
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My dad was a single father, and he was a hunter.
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I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative.
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Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
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The International Cricket Calender shouldn't be so packed with action that it drives spectators away. Also there should be enough space between cricket events to help players recharge their batteries - not just physically but mentally too.
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Did you ever have the police follow you for so long, that you get suspicious about your own goddamn self? Maybe I did kill them people.
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It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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The general market wants what I do.
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It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.
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Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger causes - eclipses the far less romantic displays of moral and intellectual fortitude that also distinguish so many of them. In turning them all into heroes, we have lost a sense of the individuality they also fight to preserve.
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I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
