Lord Mountbatten Quotes
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
Zac Brown Band
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
Karl Philipp Moritz
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
Walter Dean Myers
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
Fawn Hall
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
Ada Yonath
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
Malcolm McDowell
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
Takeru Kobayashi
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I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.
Pat Meehan
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When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
Patrick Rothfuss
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
Lady Gaga
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
Gautam Gambhir
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From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner – even for a fast bowler, that holds true.
Rahul Dravid
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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
Adam Cohen
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When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.
Fay Wray
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I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.
Sam Riley
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When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
Flannery O'Connor
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The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've come to rely on.
Vanessa Minnillo
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My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.
Dalia Grybauskaite
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No man was ever great by imitation.
Samuel Johnson
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A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore, it is necessary for a prince, who wishes to maintain himself, to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge and not use it according to the necessity of the case.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.
David Barton
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Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
Lord Mountbatten