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war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never. Charles Caleb Colton
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body. Charles Caleb Colton
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. Charles Caleb Colton
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution. Charles Caleb Colton
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth. Charles Dickens
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. Charles Stross
film-critics people may
I have cultivated a little crew of people whose opinions I understand. It's like the way you'd follow certain film critics because you know what their criteria are, and you may not agree with them, but you can glean from their opinion how you will feel about a film. Daniel Clowes
film-critics makers qualified
If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do. Quentin Tarantino
film-critics facts would-be
I don't have any bone to pick with critics. In fact, if I wasn't a filmmaker I would probably be a film critic. Most of my bone is I would be a better film critic than most of the film critics I read. Quentin Tarantino
film-critics people magazines
I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I'm not one of those people who says 'I never read anything.' I generally read all of it. Judd Apatow
film-critics today target
When I had been a film critic for ten minutes, I treated Doris Day as a target for cheap shots. I have learned enough to say today that the woman was remarkably gifted. Roger Ebert
squares soul four
Sir, usually I do preach for souls, but my orphans cannot eat souls. And if they could, it would take four souls the size of yours to make a square meal for just one orphan! Charles Spurgeon
squares government america
Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction. Chris Christie
squares cities people
The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for example, that in the late 1500s my little neighborhood square was a popular spot for burning people alive. Now lined with a row of small shops, the tradition continues, though in a figurative rather than literal sense. David Sedaris
squares house savannah
Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic. David Morrissey
squares talking
Fie, fie, how frantically I square my talk! William Shakespeare
squares want arena
I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square! Betty Who
squares bars cafes
I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe. Diego Della Valle
squares towns
Twitter is a global town square. Dick Costolo
squares cities pleasure
Oh, a day in the city-square, there is no such pleasure in life! Elizabeth Barrett Browning