"Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee"
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"In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]"
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"It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts."
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"Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd . . . Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King."
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"There's a devil inside me which cries, "You're not the son of the Carpenter, you're the son of King David! You are not a man, you are the Son of man whom Daniel prophesied." And still more: "The Son of God! And still more: God!"
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"History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends."
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"If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it."
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"The gods don’t care about men, no more than kings care about peasants."
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"All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers."
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"In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish"
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"What the King dreams, the Hand builds."
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"Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can't even tell one from the other."
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"Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings."
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""Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei.""
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"How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?"
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"If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis."
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"Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine."
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"Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them."
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"I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?"
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"Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those."
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