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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. — James Agate
In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a… — Edward de Bono
I personally cannot tell you how many times we rescuers put our names on animals to come to us as soon as they are eligible… — Elayne Boosler
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just… — Jorge Luis Borges
I did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at around 600 pounds, which you don't see… — Anthony Bourdain
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. — Elizabeth Bowen
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental… — David Bowie
Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health… — Barbara Boxer
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. — Ray Bradbury
If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important. — Ray Bradbury
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!' — Bill Bradley
I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context. — Jo Brand
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech… — Louis D. Brandeis
Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who… — Richard Branson
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. — Bertolt Brecht
The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take. — John O. Brennan
Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in fact lead individuals astray to… — John O. Brennan
All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name. — Andre Breton
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for… — Joseph Brodsky

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