Kings Quotes
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
— Pietro Aretino
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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it…
— Pietro Aretino
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
— Saint Augustine
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I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.
— Michele Bachmann
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I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into…
— Josephine Baker
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
— Honore de Balzac
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I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just…
— Antonio Banderas
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the…
— Amelia Barr
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The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole…
— Annie Besant
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Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne.…
— Mark Bittman
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The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're…
— Dennis C. Blair
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But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all…
— Andre Agassi
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Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.
— Constantin Brancusi
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Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.
— Jeff Bridges
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What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.
— Joseph Brodsky
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What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended…
— James Buchan
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It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by…
— Julie Burchill
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