General Quotes
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A general must be a charlatan.
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I like being on stage. I love seeing new cities and returning to cities that I love. It can be a little tiring because you don't sleep in your own bed, you're in a different hotel every night and the hours are really strange, which, for me, kind of works out because I'm a bit nocturnal in general. I think for some people it might be tougher than for others because you're usually not getting to sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning at the earliest.
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My work in general involves getting over my fears that are deeply embedded since childhood: Fear of darkness, fear of dangerous activities in general, and fear of dirt - I had a considerable obsessive compulsive disorder as a child.
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One bad general is worth two good ones.
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The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.
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It is certainly of great importance for a general to keep his plans secret; and Frederick the Great was right when he said that if his night-cap knew what was in his head he would throw it into the fire. That kind of secrecy was practicable in Frederick's time when his whole army was kept closely about him; but when maneuvers of the vastness of Napoleon's are executed, and war is waged as in our day, what concert of action can be expected from generals who are utterly ignorant of what is going on around them?
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Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.
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General histories-there have been a few that have served as pioneering books.
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True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.
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People bring up tweets that I don't even remember, and my general response is, 'I don't know if I said it. I probably said it.' It's just part of what I do.
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Fashion is general. Style is individual.
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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.
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In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.
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Like a good general, I treated everyone who wasnt with me as against me.
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He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.
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If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
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New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.
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Men, in general, are but great children.
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It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
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True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of things and the connection of causes, with a view to determining what is good or bad for us in the present, is rather imaginary than real.
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An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general.
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I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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General Biassou is a simple, vulnerable man without much knowledge, and he is easily led astray by the scoundrels surrounding him. He has sworn eternal hatred for me, and for some time now, he has been trying to destroy me using whatever means he can.
