General Quotes
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One bad general is worth two good ones.
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I don't like to go out in general.
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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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General histories-there have been a few that have served as pioneering books.
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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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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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Although the reasons for Michigan's malaise are varied, one big reason is our state's almost uniquely uncompetitive tax structure, which one General Motors official called the costliest of all jurisdictions where GM operates.
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Fashion is general. Style is individual.
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True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.
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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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It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.
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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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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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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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I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.
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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.
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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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Men, in general, are but great children.
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By the time 1967 had rolled around, general relativity had been relegated to mathematics departments... in most people's minds, it bore no relation to physics. And that was mostly because experiments to prove it were so hard to do - all these effects that Einstein's theory had predicted were infinitesimally small.
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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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A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army.
