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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#consider #especially #found #history #i

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#already #always #avoid #because #beforehand

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#army #better #church #day #every

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#books #contempt #desire #even #glory

I did an action series back in '97, and did very intense training; weapons, knives, hand-to-hand combat. The more an actor trains in that way, the more we can do on screen and the better it looks. Nowadays, they want the actors to do as much as possible and stunt doubles are primarily used for the dangerous things that aren't covered by insurance. ↗

— Melinda Clarke

#actor #back #better #combat #covered

We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#academy #based #better #decisions #enable

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting. ↗

— John Cleese

#another #back #better #else #good

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. ↗

— John Cleese

#better #get #i #i can #ideas

There are always going to be times when it doesn't flow as much as you were hoping. So of course I'm going to fail. And when I do fail I hope I fail better and better, again and again. I am happy to fail. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#always #am #better #course #fail

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game. ↗

— John Cleese

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