Georges Courteline Quotes
Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
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In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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The worst excesses of the dot-com era are gone.
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You were born as the one you are.
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When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
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I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'
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In the military, a combatant command is the ultimate job. It's the pointy tip of the spear, overseeing the people carrying the rifles and flying the aircraft.
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No one can guarantee success of a film.
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Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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Zombies are soulless creatures, and being soulless has been empirically proven to result in an unpleasant disposition.
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The first part of this statement is quoted without attribution as early as 1897, and is widely attributed to Irving separately as well as in this joined form, but in research for Wikiquote, no original source has yet been found.
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Environmental scientists in Canada said it was impossible for me to get to the Pole in 2004... I said 'no,' it's still OK, and I can still get there, and I did.
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Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'
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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
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Obviously, being from MK and playing for MK my whole life, to get us promoted would be a dream come true.
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The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.
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A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations ... The fate of humanity is in his hands.
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I can just remember being broke, wondering if I had any talent - really wondering whether this was all a fantasy - but I had to get out there and keep trying.
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Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.
