Arthur Helps Quotes
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.Arthur Helps
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In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend's life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.
Rachel Joyce -
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Barney Frank -
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
Yogi Berra -
Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
Ian Mcewan -
In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
Karen Salmansohn -
As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
Hamid Karzai
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John -
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
Halle Berry -
I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
Laura Dern -
The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
Natalie Cole -
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
Dan Rather -
When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
Tamara Tunie
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It is very disappointing to see the Punjabi music scene of today. The lyrical quality has deteriorated; it is only people like Sartaaj and Gurdas Maan Ji who are sticking to their roots.
Harbhajan Singh -
People talk about PlayStations, video games, social network and Twitter; I can't handle it.
Kangana Ranaut -
Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
Caprice Bourret -
Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.
Camille Paglia -
Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.
Al Franken -
Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
Billy Corgan The Smashing Pumpkins
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I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.
Brantley Gilbert -
I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like.
Angelina Jolie -
It's hard to understand the life that I live and rationalize some of the things that I do. I don't need someone questioning every move that I make, asking me why I don't just relax. When there's no one asking me those types of questions... to me, it's peaceful.
J. J. Watt -
Now I wonder what our knowledge has in common with God's knowledge according to those who treat God's knowledge... Is there anything else common to both besides the mere name? ...there is an essential distinction between His knowledge and ours, like the distinction between the substance of the heavens and that of the earth.
Maimonides -
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.
Arthur Helps