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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.


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The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.



War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.



No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.



To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.



Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war



Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.



To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'



It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.



Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.



Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.





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For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.

For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.



I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film.

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I aint choose to rhyme, Rhyming chose me.



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We will have a massive, massive tax increase under Hillary Clinton's plan.



Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.



I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.



The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.

The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.



Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, "No, I just want to be an actor."

Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, "No, I just want to be an actor."



Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves.

Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves.




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