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Quote by Horatio Nelson
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacki

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. – Horatio Nelson

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Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. – Horatio Nelson

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Truth
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Horatio Nelson
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Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty. – Horatio Nelson

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Trust
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Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner its off the better. – Horatio Nelson

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alone
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When Im alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

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No man is an island. No man stands alone. – Dennis Brown

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From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying. – Heath Ledger

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alone

You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if its supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what youre doing and make the action work for that and for the character. – David R. Ellis

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