T. E. Lawrence Quotes
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
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Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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I like risky stuff.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I like music a lot.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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May books spread the world over!
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My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.
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Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer society, for they too are being dragged helplessly along by it. People are manipulated in ways that are infinitely more subtle and refined than the brutal methods used in post-totalitarian societies.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
