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It is perseverance, and not ge...

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

But only a fool sails into com...

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

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Their souls were contagious. ....

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

If one first gives himself to ...

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

History is too important to be...

History is too important to be left to the historians.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

If you spend too long trying t...

If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

Of all human activities, writi...

Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin Ђ' the desk's too big, the desk's too small, there's too much noise, there's too much quiet, it's too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

By dawn he had surrendered, gr...

By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

You find out what you think by...

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

That young man seeks opportuni...

That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

Egyptologists, skilled in piec...

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

Another of Cicero's maxims was...

Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

What a heap of ash most politi...

What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

Politics? Boring? Politics is ...

Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

The natural impulse of men is ...

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

A book unwritten is a delightf...

A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it's halfway to being just like every other bloody book that's ever been written.

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I've always just wanted to ear...

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words together.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

You can be a king or a street ...

You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

[Boxer is] the ultimate tool f...

[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products.

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

If long hitting is the thing t...

If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium?

Robert Alton Harris 62 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....