General Quotes
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See also 100 Qualities - General (Ogden) List :: Core English Vocabulary (G) List :: Top 1,000 UK English Words (#3) List :: Top 3,000 American English Words (#08) List-
It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.
Ulysses S. Grant
Keywords: any :: atlantic :: battles :: be :: been :: but :: by :: chosen :: command :: during :: engaged :: general :: has :: have :: in :: it :: misfortune :: more :: my :: never :: not :: of :: on :: other :: rather :: reason :: settlement :: side :: some :: sword :: than :: the :: there :: time :: to :: was :: when :: wouldSubject: Conflict Quotes :: Misfortune QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine
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Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
Sun Tzu
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My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Pablo Picasso
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
Mao Tse-Tung
Keywords: any :: continuously :: distance :: exercise :: form :: general :: good :: help :: if :: in :: is :: long :: of :: particularly :: perseverance :: pursued :: running :: train :: training :: us :: willSubject: Exercise Quotes :: Perseverance QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they`re an explicit acknowledgment that what you`re doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycl...
Derrick Jensen
Keywords: acknowledgment :: an :: are :: bicycle :: do :: doing :: ever :: explicit :: for :: gave :: general :: grade :: grades :: how :: insufficiently :: interesting :: is :: it :: learning :: level :: most :: nobody :: on :: or :: own :: play :: problem :: re :: rewarding :: ride :: that :: the :: they :: to :: what :: you :: yourSource: thinkexist.com
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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it
Thomas Sowell
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Wouldn`t it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe
Marcus Cole
Keywords: actually :: all :: and :: be :: because :: come :: comfort :: deserve :: fair :: general :: happen :: hostility :: if :: in :: it :: life :: much :: now :: of :: so :: take :: terrible :: that :: the :: them :: things :: to :: unfairness :: universe :: us :: were :: worse :: wouldnSubject: Life Quotes :: Universe QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn`t danced on television.
Erma Bombeck
Keywords: anything :: children :: danced :: eat :: general :: hasn :: in :: my :: on :: refuse :: television :: that :: toSubject: Funny Quotes :: Television QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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If there is not the war, you don`t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don`t get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
Aristotle
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By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field
Mark Twain
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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Oscar Wilde
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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires
Bertrand Russell
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When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one
George Washington
Keywords: america :: and :: as :: conciliating :: contemplate :: for :: general :: good :: government :: guiding :: in :: interposition :: it :: manifested :: of :: one :: people :: preparing :: providence :: reception :: revolution :: the :: through :: towards :: us :: visibly :: was :: when :: willSubject: America and Americans Quotes :: Providence QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Guys I thought of as heroes were like Joe Louis and, maybe during the war, there was General [George S. Patton], of course, and maybe [Dwight D. Eisenhower], who was the head of the Allied forces. And Gary Cooper. There were just a handful of men and a ha...
Clint Eastwood
Keywords: allied :: and :: as :: cooper :: course :: during :: dwight :: eisenhower :: forces :: gary :: general :: george :: guys :: handful :: head :: heroes :: joe :: just :: like :: louis :: maybe :: men :: of :: patton :: the :: there :: thought :: war :: was :: were :: who :: womeSource: imdb.com
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I don`t hurt the industry. The industry hurts itself, by making so many lousy movies - as if General Motors deliberately put out a bad car.
Humphrey Bogart
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From the moment I got to Hollywood I`ve always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do. In general, artists feel that you`re never really allowed to accomplish what you would like to accomplish because there`s just so much of this system th...
Martin Kove
Keywords: accomplish :: allowed :: always :: artists :: because :: do :: feel :: felt :: from :: general :: got :: hollywood :: in :: just :: like :: moment :: much :: never :: of :: re :: really :: so :: system :: that :: the :: there :: this :: to :: ve :: wanted :: what :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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We don`t regret anything. In general, it is never necessary to regret anything, whatever happens. Whatever you plan, things turn out differently anyway. It is simply not necessary to make illusions for yourself. There was no image. We always behave the wa...
Julia Volkova
Keywords: always :: anything :: anyway :: behave :: differently :: don :: for :: general :: happens :: illusions :: image :: in :: is :: it :: make :: necessary :: never :: no :: not :: out :: plan :: regret :: simply :: the :: there :: things :: to :: turn :: wan :: was :: way :: we :: whatever :: you :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In general, my filmmaking is fairly body-oriented, because what you`re photographing is people, bodies. You can`t really photograph an abst...
David Cronenberg
Keywords: about :: abstract :: an :: and :: because :: bodies :: body :: can :: co :: destruction :: don :: fairly :: filmmaking :: general :: human :: in :: is :: lose :: my :: of :: oriented :: people :: photograph :: photographing :: re :: really :: sight :: talk :: talking :: that :: the :: violence :: we :: what :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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I respond to the call that says, "It`s 185 A.D. You`re a Roman general. You`re being directed by Ridley Scott." That`s something my imagination can get a hold of. [on what attracts him to prospective films]
Russell Crowe
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I wrote to the head man at General Motors and said, "I`m gonna have to desert you if you don`t stop making cars for women.`"
John Wayne
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Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen. (on working with Kar Wai Wong).
Andy Lau
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Already when I was very young, I was a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they ha...
Pedro Almodovar
Keywords: already :: better :: everybody :: fabulador :: general :: give :: got :: had :: in :: knew :: liked :: loved :: movie :: my :: of :: one :: out :: own :: retold :: see :: sisters :: stories :: story :: than :: that :: the :: them :: they :: to :: version :: very :: was :: when :: whole :: with :: youngSource: imdb.com
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I love general history. That`s all I read really. I don`t read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that`s really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love. I like micro-...
Steve Zahn
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I think it`s easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I`m a bad person.
50 Cent
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I look at [modeling] as something I`m doing for black people in general.
Naomi Campbell
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The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.
Billy Barty
