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John Buford Quotes

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: soldier
Nationality: american
Birth: March 4, 1826 - December 16, 1863

Topics

Men Patriotism Sacrifice I Am Brave

Nothing is a calling card. Everything is what you do. If you do it in order to get somewhere else, you're not actually doing it. If you're thinking, 'What is the weird thing I want to make with my friends?' money and other things will come later.

John Cameron Mitchell

Money Thinking Weird Friends Doing

There's a plain girl in everybody.

Girl Everybody Plain

YA does a fantastic job of being socially aware and, at the same time, entertaining.

Time Job Same Entertaining Aware

I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a lot of questions, and people say, 'Your stories are wonderful. You should write a book.'

Life People Book Evening Questions

My first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist.

Ambition First Magazine Wanted Then

That's one of the unintended consequences of the women's liberation movement - that, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be feminine, they would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children.

Love Women Children Consequences

I like anything by 50 Cent and Snoop Dog. I love the way they mouth their way around words.

Dog Love Words Mouth Way Anything

All I can say is, death is a part of life.

Life Death I Can Say Part

Mugabe's resignation fascinates because the fall of tyrants is always a family story, decline of the father, writ large. What a strange creature he is.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Family Father Story Fall Strange He

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

Black Play Radio Pop Songs

Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was staring me in the face all the time, only I had somehow failed to see that. Not seeing the wood for the trees, I suppose.

Time People Me Face Trees Short

The more traditional fuel sources we have relied on as a nation - coal, oil, and natural gas - I'm hoping they can allow us the financial springboard to move to the next generation of energy sources: renewables and alternatives.

Energy Financial Generation Oil More

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