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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.
knowing odds mind
We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.
knowing acting firsts
This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief. Charles Spurgeon
knowing satisfaction greedy
I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver. Alan Alda
knowing-god knows deserve
To know God is to fear Him. And this fear is to love Him as He deserves to be loved. Aiden Wilson Tozer
knowing would-be frightened
Death would be a complete knowingness, but what frightened him was this: not knowing beforehand what it was he would know. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
knowing trying shapes
I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie. Dave Barry
knowing quests enough
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest. David Sanborn
knowing asking want
What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it. Bruce Wilkinson
knowing people capacity
Knowing what I know about the people who have come before me, and the people who came before them, and what they had to do, it changes my capacity to stay engaged, to stay productive. Bryan Stevenson
talent given ifs
Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it. Denzel Washington
talent performers knows
Greatly talented performers don't know - often spectacularly - what's best for them, don't know what their talents really are, and don't know what's just plain wrong for them. Dick Cavett
talent easy difficult
It's easy to have talent at 20 but what is difficult is to have talent at 50. Edgar Degas
talent cleanliness interest
I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any talent for it. I keep my personal life out of my public life as cleanly as I can. Charlie Kaufman
talent
You have to be mentally 'there.' Your talent is there, but you have to be mentally there, too. Billy Wagner
talent being-me sometimes
I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me. Ben Affleck
talent human-nature brevity
Brevity - the sister of talent. Anton Chekhov
talent ton trying
We're getting better and have a ton of talent. We're trying to just get things down. Elyse Bogaert
talent humans
Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express. Brenda Ueland