#pleas

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please. ↗

— Frederick II

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Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths. ↗

— John Stockwell

#attention #bowl #diverting #effective #military

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#bouncing #even #financial #life #life is a

It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience. ↗

— Martin Fry

#big #big hit #hit #hit records #joy

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#better #conviction #deepest #merely #please

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#our #please #quality #quantity #which

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#also #am #festival #first #first time

I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he's guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I hounded an innocent man? ↗

— Jim Garrison

#derive #even #guilty #hounded #i

My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure. ↗

— Ina Garten

#extravagance #first #first thing #garden #gives

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. ↗

— Titus Livius

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