David Ignatius Quotes
Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.
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It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
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I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.
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A lot of people want to donate a kidney, but they're not in a position to because they have health issues of their own, and a lot of people need them. That's why the list is long and it takes a long time.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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Climate change deniers would have us believe that oil, gas, and coal are the only ways to power a modern, industrialized society. They are wrong, and the proof is all around us.
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Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
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Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]
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Donald Trump presented for the French an infinitely less dangerous program than that of Hillary Clinton.
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Social media might one day offer a dazzling, and even overwhelming, array of source material for historians.
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I think that becoming a parent absolutely changes your entire life and certainly changes your work, and it has changed mine. It just allows you to have access to your emotions, even more than you already did. You're watching this little person grow in front of you, and you realize that you're seeing how precious life is and how quickly it goes. You get to things faster, even emotionally. I'm not as timid about reaching into some areas in myself and bringing that to my work.
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Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.
