“A very clever man though perhaps not a very strong character.”
Erich von Manstein to Leon Goldensohn, June 14, 1946.
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Three and—an Extra.
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And I always say, 'No.'
Parkinson, ITV, 19 November 2006.
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“A Man must be very inert to have no character at all.”
Jean de La Bruyère book Les Caractères
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Les Caractères (1688), De la société et de la conversation
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor
On Ho Chi Minh. as quoted in Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984 (1984) by James Bentley, p. 225
“The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong.”
Neil Strauss book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
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“I was very strong-willed, very stubborn, and fairly dramatic, I guess.”
Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) American actress
Vanity Fair (1993) http://www.pfeiffertheface.com/Mag_1993-09_VanityFair.htm <br class="br">Context: I had a big mouth, and I used to mouth off to my mother all the time. But I'd make sure my father wasn't in earshot, because he'd let me have it. I was very strong-willed, very stubborn, and fairly dramatic, I guess. I remember my mother calling me a drama queen when I would be carrying on: 'Here's my little actress.' And I was a real tomboy. I wasn't a terribly feminine little girl. I never thought I was attractive to boys; I remember when the first boy liked me, I couldn't believe it. All the little girls with ringlets and crinoline dresses were the ones the boys liked. I was always beating them up — why should they like me? I was always the biggest girl in the class, and if somebody wanted someone beaten up, they'd come and get me. I was the school bully. No wonder I played Catwoman. It all comes full circle.