"Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission."

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Source : MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.31, Read Books Ltd

Patrick MacGill

#Night Quotes #Goal Quotes #Monsters Quotes

“It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.”
“There are more stars than there are people. Billions, Alan had said, and millions of them might have planets just as good as ours. Ever since I can remember, Iâ€™ve felt too big. But now I felt small. Too small. Too small to count. Every star is massive, but there are so many of them. How could anyone care about one star when there were so many spare? And what if stars were small? What if all the stars were just pixels? And earth was less than a pixel? What does that make us? And what does that make me? Not even dust. I felt tiny. For the first time in my life I felt too small.”
“As far as music, that's always going to be my first love and I've always loved doing music and I always will, but right now it's more into film, television and behind the scenes with writing and producing. I'm still going to keep releasing music for my fans.”
“The wealthiest man among us is the best”
“There is a dreamlike quality to the 1936 Basque government, the fulfillment of a historic longing that was to be crushed only nine months later in carnage the scale of which had never before been seen on earth.”
“You can get famous for doing something stupid and empty, but you do something stupid and empty and you're already famous, you lose your career.”
“People tell me it's a sin, to know and feel too much within.”
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”

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