David Petraeus Quotes
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
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Time will rust the sharpest sword,Time will consume the strongest cord;That which molders hemp and steel,Mortal arm and nerve must feel.
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Lim Cheng Po, Anglican, Royalist, cricketer, respectable husband and father, allowed his animal reflexes out for an avenue walk on the lead.
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The eye can best distinguish the forms of objects when it is placed between the shaded and the illuminated parts.
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Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.
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When I was at McGill medical school, there was a writer, Ted Rosenthal, who used to write for the New York Times - tragically he died of leukemia at a very young age. He talked about how we can have an opportunity to live a lifetime in a moment, in a day, in a month, in a year - when you're confronted with the finite reality of your own existence, all these moments become lifetimes.
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I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.
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You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work and say, "Okay, let me do something really funny or gimmicky, just so that I can get some attention in this scene."
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It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.
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Television, while chemically non-invasive, nevertheless is every bit as addicting and physiologically damaging as any other drug.
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There aren't always a hell of a lot of absolutely right answers out there.
