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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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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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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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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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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I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple.
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If I can encourage and get somebody to get through what they're dealing with, their set of circumstances, that's the right thing to do.
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Accepting people as they are has the miraculous effect of helping them improve. Acceptance doesn't prohibit growth; rather, it fosters it.
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Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
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You will always have some excuse not to live your life.
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That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
