Tacitus Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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I have a stepladder. It's a very nice stepladder but it's sad that I never knew my real ladder.
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Ice burns, and it is hard to the warm-skinned to distinguish one sensation, fire, from the other, frost.
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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
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I'll be the first to admit that we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or the Knack...
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
