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Horatio Nelson Quotes

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

Horatio Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: soldier
Nationality: british
Birth: September 29, 1758 - October 21, 1805

Topics

Alone Me Better Lose Know Legs

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

Jemaine Clement

Time Up Well Sci-Fi Massive Really

It is illegal to be a member of an organization that is challenging the constitution by armed force.

Meles Zenawi

Organization Constitution Force Armed

I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have a word count for every day: 500 for fiction, 1,000 for non-fiction, and journalism is 1,500. That's a level I can sustain.

John Lanchester

Day Writing Every Day Phone I Can

I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?

Robert Jeffress

Live Day People Mind Present Now

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

John Petit-Senn

Courage Kite Wind True Like Higher

I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and life and all that.

Amy Grant

Life Faith People Colors Opinion

I started playing when I was about 13, mainly because Dad had guitars lying around the house. My dad taught me my first three chords, and I taught myself from there.

Shura

Myself Me House Three Lying First

People lie in everyday conversation to appear more likeable and competent. While men and women lie equally as often, they tend to lie for different reasons.

Travis Bradberry

Women Men Lie People Conversation

Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.

Robin Hayes

Commitment Constitution Never Forget

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

Rodney Crowell

Me Writing Song Better Sometimes

I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.

RuPaul

Woman Me Looking Thought Interesting

For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?

Matt Bomer

Work Change Me Story Direction Look