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Alistair Horne Quotes

In the 17th century, Barbados was regarded in London as 'the brightest jewel in the English crown'.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: November 9, 1925 - May 25, 2017

Topics

Crown London English Century Jewel

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Political Speech Matter Outside Fact

The only thing that preoccupies me is that France has broken down, and we need to start up the engine again - all the way. But not so as to run into a wall.

Jean-Marc Ayrault

Broken Me Start Down Wall Run

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

Man Animal Being Only He Eventually

We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own.

Remember Georgia Own Population Must

Who could be more desperate than filmmakers?

Steven Shainberg

More Desperate Who Than Could

It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules - they lived in some weird town nobody never heard of, they didn't play power chords, they probably couldn't even spell 'spandex.' All they had was songs.

Power Weird Rules Play Nobody Never

To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality.

Culture Reality You Ignoring Counter

I'm a huge video gamer, sometimes a little too much. I'll shut myself in my room just so I can play video games all day and I end up neglecting my friends.

Myself Day Video Games End Friends

Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young people with that knowledge. They bring their enlightenment to the world; the world that is buying their records.

Knowledge People World Enlightenment

The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.

Way Tell Going Only Found French

The 'Rule of Three' is simply getting the other guy to agree to the same thing three times in the same conversation, it's really hard to repeatedly lie or fake conviction.

Christopher Voss

Lie Fake Conversation Three Hard

Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients.

Lie You Sometimes Need Order Fields

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