Chester W. Nimitz Quotes
The war with Japan had been enacted in the game rooms at the War College by so many people and in so many different ways that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise-absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war. We had not visualized these.
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I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
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And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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I didn't think that at the beginning. I just wanted to have a garden and a farm and have animals around me. But I do think there's a craving for people to feel a connection. Honestly, it's building on an immigrant tradition, where you bring your country to America. You bring your seeds from Italy. My neighbors are Vietnamese, so they're growing their herbs and stuff that they miss from Vietnam.
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I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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I'm a very slow screenwriter. It takes time for me to write a screenplay. Also, I feel it's not my strength.
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When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.
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The war with Japan had been enacted in the game rooms at the War College by so many people and in so many different ways that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise-absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war. We had not visualized these.
