David Petraeus Quotes
Only Nixon could have gone to China. Anyone else would have been criticised from the Right.
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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
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A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.
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Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human.
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I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.
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I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'
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The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
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Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.
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The world is changing very profoundly.
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A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.
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There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'
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I worked on new plays at the Traverse and did my best work in Scotland for years, so I never had ambitions for things like Disney.
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The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.
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Only Nixon could have gone to China. Anyone else would have been criticised from the Right.
