Ally Carter Quotes
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I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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Let my enemies devour each other.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.
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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
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An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
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To the confusion of our enemies.
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You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.
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We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan.
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My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans.
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I have no enemies and no hatred.
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I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.
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People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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I have lots of friends, but I'm probably a terrible friend to all of them, even my family. I wouldn't be surprised if I found myself with no friends later on in life. My friends become my enemies.
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Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even causes us to forget our hostility towards our enemies when they become powerful enough to help us achieve fame or fortune.
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We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer, more spiritual, more insightful. If we can accept our imperfections as they are, quite ordinarily, then we can use them as part of the path. But if we try to get rid of our imperfections, then they will be enemies, obstacles on the road to our ‘self-improvement’.
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But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period.
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You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you.
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It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.
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And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.
