David Ignatius Quotes
U.S. adversaries exploit power gaps. It's easier for Russia to invade Ukraine with irregular forces out of uniform, the so-called 'little green men,' than to send a conventional army that would challenge NATO.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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I love Madrid.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.
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At its core, 'Heroes' is an ensemble character drama with genre elements.
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The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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Normally in spy movies, the person that the hero deals with is at the centre of power, surrounded by video screens, and they're old and grizzled. I'm no stranger to that dynamic.
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U.S. adversaries exploit power gaps. It's easier for Russia to invade Ukraine with irregular forces out of uniform, the so-called 'little green men,' than to send a conventional army that would challenge NATO.
