George S. Patton Quotes
It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
Patrick Macnee
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
Gary Shteyngart
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
Rachel Nichols
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
Cam
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
Kate Adie
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A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
Vanilla Ice
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One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.
Harold Pinter
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I never go perform somewhere alone. I've done that since day one. I've always taken other comics with me.
Gabriel Iglesias
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Science fiction is not formulaic.
Octavia E. Butler
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But it is hard to know them flatterers from friends, they are so obsequious, and full of protestations; for as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.
Walter Raleigh
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'The first lesson on Roke, and the last is, Do what is needful! And no more.''The lessons in between, then, must consist in learning what is needful.''They do.'
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Pleasant, berries in the time of harvest; Also pleasant, wheat upon the stalk. Pleasant the sun moving in the firmament; Also pleasant the retaliators of outcries.
Taliesin
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It's Friday the 13th. my favorite holiday. Keep it weird.
Frances Bean Cobain
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
Walter Scott
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Ambedkar is my Father in Economics. He is true celebrated champion of the underprivileged. He deserves more than what he has achieved today. However he was highly controversial figure in his home country,though it was not the reality. His contribution in the field of economics is marvelous and will be remembered forever..!
Amartya Sen
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The hour that followed was a long hour.
Cormac McCarthy
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
Colin Powell
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Those audiences are my critics. They tell me right away! I learnt very early on how far I can go, what I can and can’t say on stage. They inspire the stories that I tell, and how I tell them. It has to be something that the core can relate to. And what I’m finding is that if you serve the core, it grows, and you find a whole new audience.
Tyler Perry
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Making a living is not a career. It might be for an accountant, but it's not for someone who says "I want one thing." The guy who feels that his career hasn't happened yet. The guy who has that kind of hunger, who wants money and fame.
Bill Conti
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You could never be just any girl. And it has nothing to do with the fact that you're famous.' His hand tightened on hers. 'You're very special, Nicola. Very, very special.
Bella Andre
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Would you be a poet Before you've been to school? Ah, well! I hardly thought you So absolute a fool.
Lewis Carroll
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I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.
Paul Watson
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It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed.
George S. Patton