#sold

I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#book #first #had #i #idea

Recently, I went to a disco with friends, and all the young people were saying, 'Dudamel, we want to go to your concert, but it's impossible because it's sold out.' It's really amazing. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#because #concert #disco #friends #go

The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#been #case #films #hollywood #i

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#career #characters #childhood #elf #fantasies

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#american soldiers #bringing #cause #democracy #disgrace

In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#completely #definitely #i #i think #integrated

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#endurance #fatigue #first #only #second

Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and decisive response they received. ↗

— John Boehner

#aggression #both #captured #cities #decisive

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#futility #hate #i #lived #only

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children? ↗

— Karl Kraus

#makes #play #sense #soldier #soldiers