Yuri Orlov famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The first and most important rule of gun-running is, never get shot with your own merchandise.
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They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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Some of the most successful relationships are based on lies and deceit. Since that's where they usually end up anyway, it's a logical place to start.
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Any friend of my brothers' is a... a friend of my brothers'.
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You know who's going to inherit the earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other. That's the secret to survival. Never go to war, especially with yourself.
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Means are more important than ends in the civilized struggle for ideas. Our dreams may be the loveliest on earth, but if we wade through blood and terror to achieve them, we will arrive to find ourselves destroyed. Don't kill.
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I supply guns to every army but the Salvation Army.
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The rain is plentious but, by God's decree, Only a third is meant for you and me; Two-thirds are taken by the growing things Or vanish Heavenward on vapour's wings: Nor does it mathematically fall With social equity on one and all. The population's habit is to grow In every region where the water's low: Nature is blamed for failings that are Man's, And well-run rivers have to change their plans.
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Saint George killed the last dragon, and he was called a hero for it. I've never seen a dragon, and I wish he would have left at least one. Saint Patrick made a name for himself by running the snakes out of Ireland, leaving the place vulnerable to rodent infestation. This business of making saints out of men who exterminate their fellow creatures has got to stop. All I'm saying is, it's starting to get a little lonely up here at the top of the food chain.
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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms....
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The NRA appears to have evolved into the lobby for gun and ammunition manufacturers rather than gun owners.
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The search is more important than the destination
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For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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Life is more important than 'what film I do next.
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.
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