David Hackworth Quotes
Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.

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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.
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I don't consider myself a fashion designer.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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It's not accidental that products get worse over time; it's because companies stop paying attention to them. They stop caring as much about maintaining the same quality they did when they were just trying to fight for survival and no one would pay attention unless they had the best technology.
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Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation.
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'24' was so serious that it was nice to join 'NCIS' and even be able to smile once or twice.
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Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.
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I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.
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I never missed a birthday. I never missed a school play. We carpooled. And the greatest compliment I can ever get is not about my career or performance or anything; it's when people say, 'You know, your girls are great.' That's the real thing for me.
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Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.