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We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.
It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives.
I asked my date what she wanted to drink. She said, 'Oh, I guess I'll have Champagne.' I said, 'Guess again.'
My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.'
Of beer, an enthusiast has said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others.
I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'
At that point Ms Fox came in and said, "Hello, carry on as if I am not here." Then she lay down on the floor.
No," I said. And maybe it was only because Alaska couldn't hit the brakes and I couldn't hit the accelerator.
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.
Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.
I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.
Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.
The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.
You were right,” she said. “You were always right, about everything. And I will always love you, Sam. Forever.
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive.
It's too late to correct it: when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, and you must take the consequences.
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.
When the case against me was dropped, the police simply said "no further action". They do that with everybody.
I have a vamp body for you," Andrea said. "It's in the freezer." I gave her a nice smile. "You shouldn't have.
It is said that our destiny is set, predetermined before conception. But I myself, have never been a believer.
I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.
I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as the girlfriend or wife.
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Edward Said is a very honorable representative of the "intellectual" in the sense of the term that he defines.
I'm more Jewish than you think I am...I read the part of the Bible that said the Jews are God's chosen people.
I'm going to shoot somebody," Maddie said. "Sawyer hates when people do that. It's a whole bunch of paperwork.
This is not a democracy," I said, understanding he fear but unable to do anything about it. "It's a Maxocracy.
History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.
You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.
How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?
Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.
Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.
Let me go.” “I can’t”, he said hoarsely, (…)” I’ve tried a hundred times to let you go, Victoria, but I can’t.
You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more... muchier... you've lost your muchness.
My father tutored me well on amnesia. He always said it was a necessary ingredient for any friendship. (Kiara)
The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice,” Hanalea said. “When that time comes, choose love.
England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.
When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund
One day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't. And I said to myself: 'is that all there is to love?'
She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel.
The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.
It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.
OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
So I am death" Charlie said then turned to his daughter while buttering his toast. "This is death toast sweety.