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'The Last Kingdom''s got its roots in history, and it's a lot grittier. It doesn't have the 'Game of Thrones' gloss.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Rodeo riders are the last of the true chivalrous groups of people. It's a place where the competition is really pure.
Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would like on my last day.
Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.
I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.
Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
In the end, I still have the same hope as my father - that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars.
If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
If you're running a business for the long term, the last thing you should be doing is borrowing money to buy back stock.
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.
In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?
I wake up and check my Instagram to see what I missed out on last night. Then I check my Twitter. Then I check my Tumblr.
After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.'
Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things.
Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.
Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.
It was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'
The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
The unicorns happened because I legitimately enjoy unicorns; as a kid, one of my favorite movies was called 'The Last Unicorn.'
I was on stage last night, and I gave a medical report about Donald Trump. I said he was hospitalized for an attack of modesty.
I went to the doctor last week. I said: 'Can I have some sleeping pills for the wife?' He said: 'Why?' I said: 'She's woke up.'
It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.
Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.
But think of the last guy. For one minute, think of the last guy. Nobody's got it worse than that guy. Nobody in the whole world.
I call it fan fatigue. I went to see Bob Dylan last year, who I think is absolutely incredible, but he suffers from his audience.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?
If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.