David Petraeus Quotes

Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.

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• I've actually changed my view of Los Angeles. When I was younger, I hated it, because I thought it was fake and superficial. As I've gotten older, I've found that to be absolutely true, but I don't care.

  

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• The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
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• You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

  

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• I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.

  

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• Cryptocurrency currencies take the concept of money, and they take it native into computers, where everything is settled with computers and doesn't require external institutions or trusted third parties to validate things.

  

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• My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
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• I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
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• I'm not sure my achievements have been 'great.'

  

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• Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

  

  Earl Weaver
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• I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I've tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.

  

  Karen Robards
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• 'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No, it's not happening.'

  

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• The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.

  

  Caitlin Moran
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• We should make it so that young people pay their fair share for health care, and nothing more. And instead of Washington telling us what to buy, let's get back to letting every American choose the plan that's best for them and their family.

  

  Aaron Schock
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• When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'

  

  Dana Brunetti
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• A woman always remembers. Remember that.

  

  Magic Johnson
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• On a more practical level, anyone out there who wants to be a writer should clearly recognize that this is a brutal business, where even incredibly talented people sometimes never make a living. If you want to chase such a dream, please have a Plan B in place.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
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• Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.

  

  Og Mandino
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• In baseball... you don't stop learning until it's over.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
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• Our country will not stand for any political plan that includes amnesty for insurgents.

  

  Ike Skelton
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• I don't know if cortisone is good for you or not. But to take a shot every other ball game is more than I wanted to do and to walk around with a constant upset stomach because of the pills and to be high half the time during a ball game because you're taking painkillers ... I don't want to have to do that.

  

  Sandy Koufax
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• It is in our nature to destroy ourselves, then rebuild. Destruction is a natural part of our life-cycle.

  

  Alex Scarrow
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• Do I consider myself sexy? It all depends on the way I'm feeling. When I'm happy inside, that's when I feel most sexy.

  

  Anna Kournikova
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• And I don't want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I only have seven stories about her in eight years, says a lot. You know, don't get me wrong, five of them happened this year, but that's still way below the bar, you know what I am saying.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
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• Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.

  

  David Petraeus