David Ignatius Quotes
What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant.

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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.
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Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They feel anxious. They feel exhausted yet they can't sleep.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I went out there, and I fought Anderson Silva, and you know what? I got a big W, and that's massive for my career going forward.
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I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the extremities of the earth.
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When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.
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The way that I opened the door for the young people that come from where I come from and that have a different background, that is what I want to be remembered for.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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Honestly I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!
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Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
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To love Me for what I may give you is not loving Me at all. To sacrifice anything in My cause to gain something for yourself is like a blind man sacrificing his eyes for sight. I am the Divine Beloved worthy of being loved because I am Love. He who loves Me because of this will be blessed with unlimited sight and will see Me as I am.
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I started violently, as if some unseen hand had goosed me.
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Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.
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Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.
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What frustrates U.S. officials is that China sometimes seems more comfortable accommodating a strong United States, as it did in past decades, than partnering with an America that's less dominant.