David Petraeus Quotes
Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.
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Jerome was dyslexic until he was twelve, before it became fashionable. And he broke every pair of glasses I bought him. He hated wearing glasses. He was good at breaking things. Especially relationships. Just like his father.
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Politicisation of terrorism for narrow gains is not good for society in general and the country in particular.
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I wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.
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Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.
