Christopher Columbus Quotes
I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need, indeed as much of spices, of cotton, of mastic gum (which is only found in Chios), also as much of aloes wood, and as many slaves for the navy, as their Majesties will wish to demand.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more things start to disappear and get gobbled up by the Internet, but live music won't be one of them.
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I'd just like to be able to walk outside as everyone does and enjoy time with my friends, not feel bad for not wanting to take a picture.
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The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.
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I believe in lifestyle changes, and when you think of something long term, you do it better. If I know I just have to eat this way for a week, how does that help you for the long term? It doesn't.
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The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago.
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I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need, indeed as much of spices, of cotton, of mastic gum (which is only found in Chios), also as much of aloes wood, and as many slaves for the navy, as their Majesties will wish to demand.
