#general

General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made. ↗

— Jim Talent

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The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#general #laws #particular #probability #true

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#bad #general #impression #moral #picture

Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#character #general #greatest #most #nation

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#blood #culture #french #generally #highly

I generally don't think most situations can be labeled as black or white. ↗

— Heath Ledger

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Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#anything #better #classical #else #general

When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises. ↗

— Richard Russo

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I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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