Nothing detains the reader's attention more powerfully than deep involutions of distress, or sudden vicissitudes of fortune; and these might be abundantly… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Nature has decreed that for what men suffer by having to shave, be killed in battle, and eat the legs of chickens,… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It's a very hard line to walk, and I certainly am nowhere near having cracked how to do that, but I try… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The United States government was proud that, although perhaps 100,000 Iraqis had died in the Gulf War of 1991, there were only… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of… — James Keller Copy Share Image
To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human. — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
We have switched from defense to offense and in this battle all the members of the Hamas leadership are legitimate targets. — Tzachi Hanegbi Copy Share Image
I see ranks ready for battle, stretching out. Five, six horses across, ranks in formation. Endlessly. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
There's never enough time to shoot battle scenes or fight scenes. It always feels rushed. Anytime horses are involved, it eats up… — Alexander Dreymon Copy Share Image
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
You do not really wish to hear more of the Battle of Kadesh. Let me say only that human fat, gorged in… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I know no study which is so unutterably saddening as that of the evolution of humanity, as it is set forth in… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
My first memory of Umbro was when I refused to take off my orange and purple Umbro checkerboard shorts for church at… — Ashlyn Harris Copy Share Image
The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
As the law catches up and the battle between corporate profits and social good plays out, we need to be careful not… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
“I cannot believe the path to victory lies in staining our souls so black we become indistinguishable from those we fight.” — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature - or at least what it… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Famously in 1936, Oswald Mosley led a march of his British black shirts through a mostly Jewish neighborhood, in the east end… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
It is a fact that under equal conditions, large-scale battles and whole wars are won by troops which have a strong will… — Georgy Zhukov Copy Share Image
When I glare, I don't see it as aggression. I have just got such passion to get wickets. I don't ever say… — Stuart Broad Copy Share Image
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Vita ya Shetani na Mungu inatuathiri zaidi sisi wanadamu – na hapo baadaye itamuathiri Shetani pia. Vita hii haiwezi kuisha hadi siku… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
We may win a battle, but if in doing so we have planted thousands of seeds of hatred and fear..the war is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
During the last war when there was a market for everything that could be produced, the production capacity of Canada and the… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat… — Maurice Denis Copy Share Image
Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“He knew she loved him in that moment. Gabe never wanted to be part of the holy fight, but now he was,… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
[Action's] a Western thing. We think of the hero going into battle, rebelling against a government or an oppressor, but [in KUNDUN]… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“ Ow! " she cried out. She would have a fresh bruise there by the time she went to sleep, somewhere out… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
How about a new game show called 'Battle Begala?' Contestants would pick any obscure bad thing that happened anywhere in the world,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
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