David Petraeus Quotes
The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beginning and a middle and an end, as in the well-built phrase and the long sonata of the dead.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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For me, the source material can come from anywhere. It can be a poem, it can be a dream, it can be a movie, as long as the end part of it is interesting - that's what it's about for me.
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Nothing surprises me about the Lords.
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God has created you and be proud of it. Don't hide from your age. Don't lie about it. Don't be ashamed of it and don't let nobody make you feel ashamed because you're aging in the world. It's a privilege. God has blessed you. Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney, they'll never know what it's like to be 60. They'll never know that.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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Not once did I feel pressurised that I was stepping into Mr. Bachchan's shoes. I don't say I didn't feel the pressure of starring in a remake of 'Zanjeer,' but somewhere, that worked to my advantage.
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The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.
