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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Quote by George W. Bush about leadership, duty, time, character, country

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

Quote by George W. Bush about fear, country, war

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

Quote by George W. Bush about homeland, country

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about love, country

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

Quote by Michael Caine about city, prison, talent

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about force, heads, soul, heart, man

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Quote by Albert Camus about reality, city, society, life

Dali kept coming up in my research. I was reading a lot of The New Yorker magazines from that time, week after week after week of incredibly detailed snapshots of the city from each year that I was writing about.

Quote by Michael Chabon about research, city, writing, time

Dali worked his way into the book because he seemed to have worked his way into New York City during those years.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city

It was a little scary because a similar thing had happened with Fountain City, the failed novel, all sorts of disparate themes running together; in that book I trusted my instincts but it didn't work. I couldn't get it to hang together.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city, work, things

It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city

My agent lived in New York for over twenty years and like most people who are adopted New Yorkers she's very passionate about the city. Also, she has a particular interest in this period, especially of golden age Hollywood films.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city, interest, age, olderness, people

The 'Talk of the Town' was really that in the 1940s: it was all about New York, it was only about New York, and it was about people.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city, people

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Quote by Agatha Christie about crime, city

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Quote by Winston Churchill about country

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

Quote by Winston Churchill about fight, country, moment

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Quote by Winston Churchill about advice, country, fire, fire brigade, world

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.

Quote by Princess Diana about country, being, people

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Quote by Winston Churchill about attack, rules, home, country, time

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

Quote by Charles Dickens about honesty, idea, bad luck, bad, man, day, contentment, face