Charles de Gaulle Quotes
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude.
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You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.
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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.
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My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
