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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.
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.
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
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.
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.
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.
uganda notable problem
In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS. Barton Gellman
uganda blue skins
Since Idi Amin was from the Sudanese section in the north of Uganda, he was darker skinned. He had more of a blue undertone. So, we did change the coloring of my skin to be closer to his. But otherwise, there were no transformations besides acting. Forest Whitaker
uganda boxing trying
Politics is like boxing — you try to knock out your opponents. Idi Amin
uganda leader taste
It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
uganda would-be happenings
If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.
uganda freedom-of-speech guarantees
There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech
uganda people political
One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future. Thabo Mbeki
uganda presidential debt
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself. George Ayittey
uganda islands mad
The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the [Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group] are mad, they want to fish here but this is Uganda. Yoweri Museveni
ladders being-popular audience
Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on. Louis C. K.
ladders may realizing
Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building! Dave Ramsey
ladders levels energy
Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception. Dan Millman
ladders cry curse
When I see a barrier, I cry and I curse, and then I get a ladder and climb over it. John H. Johnson
ladders flesh shows
The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go. Jerry Hall
ladders sheer eminence
I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation. George Bernard Shaw
ladders injustice mask
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. Erich Fromm
ladders ifs moved
I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have. J. C. Watts
ladders roles life-is
Life is a movie, pick your own role, Climb your own ladder or you dig your own hole. J. Cole