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Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#against #aggression #assert #barren #chose

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#books #certain #flashing #generals #irrational

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#base #converted #creed #desert #fear

Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#chef #gordon #i #knows #laugh

Don't shrink from natures brutal perfection. Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it. Respect it's strength, it's wisdom, it's brutality and it's all-encompassing power. The highest law has always been, and shall be, nature; and the greatest wisdom forever lives in and through nature's eternal Fascism. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#brutality #fascism #law #might-is-right #natural-law

Figo is as important to England as Beckham is. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#england #important

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#could #fails #plan #revert

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that. ↗

— Mark Lawrenson

#his #lads #makes #michael #more

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#how #i #know #never #out

On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#any #australia #australians #between #england