Stefan shook his head. Th' lad's got guts , he thought. Not much sense, but guts.


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I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.
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When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts.
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Dead in the eye, and he just shook his head. I smiled back.
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This filthy twentieth century. I hate its guts.
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I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.
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You have your God, I have my guts.
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Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
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Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
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The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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Let love through good deeds show.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
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A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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If we still advise we shall never do.
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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.
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The word must is not to be used to princes.
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The end crowneth the work.
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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.
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Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths.
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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
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God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at lea...
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God forgive you, but I never can.
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The past cannot be cured.
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The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
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I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.
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I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a pe...
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ELIZABETH I
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and o...
ELIZABETH I
Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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You should learn how say things with your eyes that others waste time putting into words.
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I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
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Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.
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"[W]hile we perceive ... th...
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[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having...
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To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
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Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.
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cheek.
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Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be alwa...
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I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps mi...
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I love you,” he whispered. “If you get yourself killed, I will never forgive you.
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What has that to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?
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You fed it.' The badger sighed. 'Sometimes I think you'll feed anything.
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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accus...
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Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and t...
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I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My desce...
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You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-"
"I think as a human being," she ret...
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You can tell all Namorn this is what happens when I am vexed," she informed him softly.

"...
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I will tell the stork-man.
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I love you, if you get yourself killed, I will never forgive you.
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You aren't a bit romantic, are you?" he asked, amused.

She sat back and stared at him. Sh...
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We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I ...
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When I say I want time to think, I want time to think!"
Jonathan sighed wearily. "All right, yo...
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Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion
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I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And whe...
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I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and liv...
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause y...
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those peo...
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people...
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New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a ...
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At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just ...
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer ...
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud ...
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ...
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflec...
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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, w...
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and com...
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The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided ...
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
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I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.
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Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
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Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. I...
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You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issu...
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