My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind...and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much Jon Snow.
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Related I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has hi... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You can be someone's friend and have sex with them. The trick is you have to want their emotional an... LAURELL K. HAMILTON I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. One who sharpens his sword before sharpening his mind has already been conquered by ignorance. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Curran's whore comes to visit us," Jarek said in accented English. The three men laughed ... ILONA ANDREWS The Hierarchic Qualm: The sword kills. But the arm moves the sword. Is the arm to blame for murder? ... SETH DICKINSON George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. NEIL GAIMAN There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter d... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Every time you strip my sword, I owe you a kiss. How's that sound?" I bit my lip to keep from giggli... BECCA FITZPATRICK Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggl... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don't want to fight another guy whose sword is dull.... KENDRICK LAMAR The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am... GEORGE ROGERS CLARK The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. JULIA WARD HOWE I think the mind has a way of getting to where it needs to get to. If you are persistent. BENNETT MILLER The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to be ... AYN RAND I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his brie... EMILY DICKINSON Books are to the mind as the whetstone for the knives. AMAN JASSAL And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. BIBLE Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality... SEAN BEAN I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Ma... MICHAEL GOVE I read a book a week. I try to keep my mind working. EMMA ROBERTS I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series. RAE CARSON I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It help... QUVENZHANE WALLIS I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and h... KEVIN SCHMIDT I wouldn't have gotten as far I have if it wasn't for Martin Luther King. I am not viewed as just a ... DOROTHY HARRIS Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His... MATTHEW ARNOLD George Tenet's charm
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as a velvet sheath
covers a bloodied sword.
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George Tenet he... O ANNA NIEMUS Sometimes my mind has a mind of its own. E.R. ROCK Whether or not Darius is pleased doesn't matter.' Griffin's voice took on a hard edge, and for a mom... MICHELLE ZINK Your mind needs exercise just as much as your body does, that's why I think of jogging every day. ANONYMOUS My hunger has departed, my thirst has totally departed, and all my anxiety is forgotten. The Perfect... ATHARVA VEDA It's for the other lads as well as for James that I'll keep fighting to get my son the help he needs... MARK PIOTROWSKI No doubt your sword is indeed a beautiful thing. It is a tribute to whoever forged it in bygone ages... BRIAN JACQUES Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked. “Do you really have an answer?” he cou... MARIA V. SNYDER Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his m... GENE FOWLER Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his m... GENE FOWLER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Now, let's talk about your current situation. I see that one of my hounds got a little rough with yo... BRANDY NACOLE Daniel, my big brother, is eight years older. I'm lucky he didn't mind hanging out with his ... SAMANTHA STOSUR Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his min... MARLA GIBBS What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his... JOSEPH MORRELL DODGE What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his... JOSEPH M. DODGE I am thinking about the past, I am living in the past but my body is in the present. Where am I? I m... EPHDAN Our mind has evolved in such a way that new wants keep appearing in it relentlessly. But do not conf... ABHIJIT NASKAR You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to... JASPER FFORDE My whore of a brother has done it again." "Then, as always, orders me to clean up the mess." "I thin... YELLE HUGHES We're expecting Brad to have a really good crack at it. I'm sure his mind will be where it needs to ... GREG SHIPPERD 'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has ... ALEX GRAVES You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Money comes with a price, and for me, the price is both freedom and a real life. SAVI SHARMA Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own m... JOHN CALVIN Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that... JOE ROGAN I thought nobody in his right mind was going to publish a book for kids by me -- not if they've read... CARL HIAASEN I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or... JOHN BYROM If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter. VICTORIA AVEYARD A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children wi... HORACE MANN The King has a right to make political remarks. He is a Thai citizen and has his rights and freedoms... BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by thro... VINOBA BHAVE You must read his articles and books to know the mind of the donor. JACK TEMPLETON For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed. KATY PERRY Parrish needs closer access to doctors, dentists and restaurants. Accepting the retail means we have... BEN JORDAN King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle&... LLOYD ALEXANDER Working out has always been a stress reliever for me. I don't know if it's so much vanity as... JIM RASH My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, an... HANS ROSLING i forgot my past, thats not in my heart aswell, its only in ur mind that bothers both of us... ADEET AHMED It blows his mind, my mind, his wife's mind. LARRY CLARK Use it or lose it. I'm using what's left of my mind and I enjoy it very much and it seems to keep my... BUDDY EBSEN I snow blow my driveway at 10 p.m. at night if it snows. I think there needs to be some allowance fo... JEFF MERTZ Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can'... RICHARD BACH I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother. RALPH ABERNATHY Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his o... JOHN CALVIN There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles! JOHN HANCOCK Civilized man has always had a great inclination to read his conceptions and feelings into the mind ... CARL BUCHER I hope the press will keep their respectful distance and give Olivia and Dhani the space they need n... YOKO ONO In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in m... ISABEL ALLENDE Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. BIBLE Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY Envy, as distasteful as it is, has seeped into my mind on rare occasions, and those I've envied, alt... DONNA LYNN HOPE It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has prod... THOMAS PAINE If the microphone was his pen and sword, the desk was his field of battle. This is a desk with a sto... DOUG NORWINE My directing principle is to tone in with Tan Dun's music. I'll adopt a dichotomy to demonstrate his... ZHANG YIMOU He has a list of schools he's interested in. I wouldn't go so far as to say he's made up his mind or... DEANDRE SCOTT Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 Who belongs to the Church? Who is my true brot... ROBERT MACCOLL ADAMS I stood behind the man’s chair, my blade at his throat. “Why do you do it?” I asked, kno... ALYSHA SPEER Fine." My fingers felt cold and clumsy as I fumbled to untie the straps that held my sword to the si... SHARON HINCK People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting i... JASPER FFORDE When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books, They quickly... MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly... MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I... JUDITH ROSSNER I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend. PINK Only person who can mind his own business is a person who has reached a state beyond his mind. DR HITESH C SHETH Robert has really added another dimension coming off the edge. And Cato is really coming into his ow... MONTAE REAGOR
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end. The hills that split asunder an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel,... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. -Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" <... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN