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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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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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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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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If you love what you do, if you love going to the office, if you really like it – not just say it, but really like it – it keeps you young and energised. I really love what I do.
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I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.
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I do want to be a representative of the African community, and I want to hold myself and dress myself in a way that reflects that. I want black kids to see me and think, 'Okay, he's carrying himself as a black man, and that's how a black man should carry himself.'
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I'm a fisherman. I've always loved fishing. I grew up fishing for trout.
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No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda gangsterism to recur. So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.
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Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.
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We developed a technology called artificial swarm intelligence, which is all about tapping the inherent knowledge, wisdom, intuition of groups.
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There aren't always a hell of a lot of absolutely right answers out there.
