"No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind of war I can have."

-- Hilary Mantel

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“It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.”
“Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again,”

Source : "Damien Rice announces new album after an eight-year absence" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2014.
“Love is the crown that glorifies; the curse That brands and burdens; it is life and death. It is the great law of the universe; And nothing can exist without its breath.”
“When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.”
“Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.”
“I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside.”

Source : "Report: Peru rejects rebels' demands to free prisoners". December 20, 1996.
“Most sportswriters don't know their ***** from a hole in the ground.”
“I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.”

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