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Edward Gibbon [A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.
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Edward Gibbon It was [Totila's] constant theme, that national vice and ruin are inseparably connected; that victory is the fruit of moral as well as military virtue; and that the prince, and even the people, are responsible for the crimes which they neglect to punish.
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Edward Gibbon [Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.
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Alan Hovhaness I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.
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Alan Autry I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.
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Al Pacino The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.
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Al Pacino The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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Aiden Wilson Tozer Nothing is complete in itself but requires something outside itself in order to exist.
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Aiden Wilson Tozer The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us.
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Aiden Wilson Tozer This is the tragedy and woe of the hour--that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst--the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in order to make up for His absence, we have to do something to keep up our own spirits.
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Chico Hamilton A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.
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Edward Gibbon Antoninus diffused order and tranquility over the greatest part of the earth. His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
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Alan Jackson If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
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Alan Arkin 'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about.
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Al Roker I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
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Akshay Kumar I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting.