David Hackworth Quotes
That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
Quotes to Explore
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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I am not honest.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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God does arithmetic.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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In our family health, it's about having a balanced life, about laughing and staying on a positive note.
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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.
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Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision.
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You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.
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Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man.
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Good things will come from self-expression.
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The initials BP used to stand for British Petroleum, but like Kentucky Fried Chicken, they changed their name to improve their image. Apparently, 'Petroleum,' like the word 'Fried,' connoted a company too oily for American tastes.
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That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
