David Petraeus Quotes
The word 'insurgency' had connotations that really sent a shiver down the spine of folks in Washington, in the United States - for good reason, because it means this is something much bigger than just a few terrorist cells.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
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What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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The interaction between the two matters, but to me, each doesn't really exist independently of the other, so I'm not ever faced with a situation where the tone is wrong for the story, or the story wrong for the tone. They are two parts of one thing.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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All you need is something to say, and a burning desire to say it... it doesn't matter where your hands are.
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Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.
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What I've learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you'll find that you put the time in. You won't just ask somebody if it's a good idea, you'll go figure out if it's a good idea.
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There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.
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It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.
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The word 'insurgency' had connotations that really sent a shiver down the spine of folks in Washington, in the United States - for good reason, because it means this is something much bigger than just a few terrorist cells.
