David Petraeus Quotes
The challenge of Mosul and Nineveh is the considerable number of ethnic groups, religious sects, tribes, and other elements that make up the province.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.
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Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism.
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Firemen have a culture of death. There are rituals, carefully constructed for the living, to process the dead.
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The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.
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I want to get on base every single time I get up there. Whether it's a walk or a base hit, I really don't care how I want to get on base. I just want to be on.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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The challenge of Mosul and Nineveh is the considerable number of ethnic groups, religious sects, tribes, and other elements that make up the province.
