James Longstreet Quotes

General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle.

James Longstreet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 8, 1821 - January 2, 1904

Topics

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.

Andrew Solomon

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I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my age. I'm more interested in playing those roles than I am in playing bit parts in movies.

John Mahoney

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It's nice being liked for playing the nice guy, but it's also fun to be the funny one.

Matt McGorry

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A lot of actors on film sets... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through studying art, I've always had that awareness and that's something that I've wanted to bring in to go beyond acting... As a form of expression, they are intrinsically linked.

Andy Serkis

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People need to make their voices heard in an orderly fashion.

Jeff Fortenberry

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A lot of my friends were retiring from the newspaper business, and the newspaper pensions are not enormous.

John Sandford

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The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

John Thorn

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Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.

Tom Hiddleston

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A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I always dreamed of being an entertainer. So, my whole life to some extent, or from the age that I can remember onwards, I knew I was going to have to make some sort of attempt at being noticed for being funny.

Lil Dicky

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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Leo Rosten

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