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• People say, "Look, your book [Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle] is about tall tales." And I said, "No, you don't understand, OK? The book is tall tales, OK, by me. But look, those tall tales are my life, OK? And look, I added some spices in there. That's the five percent. You know the one about the wolves chasing me? The only thing about that - they wasn't wolves, they was coyotes".

  Si Robertson

  Uncles, Book, Favorite Uncle

  Source: www.gq.com

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• A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty—and, by which definition, a philosopher—dreamed he was a butterfly, and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher. Envy him; in his two-fold security.

  Tom Stoppard

  Dream, Butterfly, Two

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• This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors

  Winston Churchill

  War, Ambition, Names

  Winston Churchill (1951). “War speeches”

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• The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties.

  Neil Gaiman

  Song, Emperor, Turns

  Neil Gaiman (2009). “Anansi Boys”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• 'Revenge' is a shameless soap in the style of Eighties shoulder-pad slap-offs like 'Dallas,' 'Dynasty' and 'Falcon Crest.' Yet there's no wink-wink camp.

  Rob Sheffield

  Revenge, Style, Dallas

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• The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Journey, Epic

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• I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington Colby, and we had great fun sourcing outfits.

  Joan Collins

  Fun, Designer, Outfits

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• My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time of my life. It's not very informational. You're not going to get comprehensive knowledge about the Han dynasty of China or about India's Emergency. But you might learn how one person felt about the Los Angeles Olympics.

  Sarnath Banerjee

  Book, India, Archives

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Susan Lucci was the biggest star in the daytime galaxy, and she served it up hot and fresh and chic five days a week. Before there was Joan Collins's Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan on 'Dynasty,' there was Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery on 'All My Children.'

  Andy Cohen

  Stars, Children, Hot

  Andy Cohen (2012). “Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture”, p.8, Macmillan

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• All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

  Sade Adu

  Want, Littles, Thanks

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• The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was Chinas golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by todays standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in "barbarians" from the steppe.

  Amy Chua

  Growing Up, Successful, Men

  "The accidental hyperpower: an interview with Amy Chua". Interview with Fritz Lanham, www.chron.com. December 2, 2007.

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• In a manner of speaking. As we intend for you to found a dynasty. And that dynasty will rule society until it has progressed enough to-" "Overthrow the dynasty in a revolutionary, blood filled coup!" Iggy said eagerly. We all looked at him. "Just saying." He sheepishly took a bite of cookie.

  James Patterson

  Blood, Cookies, Revolutionary

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• I love all history because it’s storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

  Natalie

  Heart, Special, Tudors

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• Wonderful to see with the whole family. It's like travelling from dynasty to dynasty, from one Chinese region to another.

  Bernard Drainville

  Chinese, Wonderful, Whole Family

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• During the reign of Rameses III (the Twentieth Dynasty) Egypt saw a flowering of its civilization and the harp became the royal instrument of priests and kings. Often times they had as many as 21 strings. Under the manipulation "the Minstrels of the Gods" the music was of rare potency. "Musical Medicine" was an actuality. Healing, along with numerous so-called "supernatural feats" was attributed to this art.

  Corinne Heline

  Art, Kings, Inspiration

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• So the controversy over Duck Dynasty sends a clear signal to anyone who has anything to risk in public life: Say nothing about the sinfulness of homosexual acts or risk sure and certain destruction by the revolutionaries of the new morality. You have been warned.

  Albert Mohler

  Ducks, Risk, Morality

  FaceBook post by Albert Mohler from Dec 19, 2013

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• I don't like dynasty and legacy. But I think there's a period in the U.S. history where Bushes have been in the forefront.

  George H. W. Bush

  Thinking, Legacy, Periods

  "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. November 4, 2007.

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• We don't think of ourselves as a dynasty. I really hope some of my grandkids will be actively involved in politics.

  George H. W. Bush

  Thinking, Grandkids, Involved

  "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. November 4, 2007.

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• During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against "dangerous thought." Whether accounts of zombie attacks perished in the flames will never be known. This obscure section of a medical manuscript, preserved in the wall of an executed Chinese scholar, might be proof of such attacks.

  Max Brooks

  Wall, Book, Flames

  Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.186, Broadway Books

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• Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the political status of an individual. It raises a rival royalty in a monarchy. 'Tis king against king. It is ever a romance of history in all dynasties--the co-presence of the revolutionary force in intellect. It creates a personal independence which the monarch cannot look down, and to which he must often succumb.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kings, Giving, Romance

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• Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.

  Edmund Beecher Wilson

  Science, History, Evolution

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• The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Opportunity, People, Giving

  "Global Public Square" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

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• Development is the solution to all problems. All other types of caste, communal and dynasty politics will not do good.

  Narendra Modi

  India, Development, Politics

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• Congress Mukt Bharat BJP ka naara nahi hai, jan jan ka sankalp hai. Be it dynasty politics, nepotism, corruption, communalism, divisions in society or poverty, getting freedom from all this is what I mean by a Congress Mukt Bharat.

  Narendra Modi

  Mean, Bjp, Poverty

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• I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Yankees, Cities

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