David Petraeus Quotes
I think carpet bombing is an absolutely tremendous idea if the enemy accommodates you by laying himself out like a carpet in the middle of the desert without any civilians or infrastructure around him. Sadly, the Islamic State has learned that that is a losing proposition and does not accommodate us in that way.David Petraeus
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
Camilo Villegas -
Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
Rachael Ray -
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
T. S. Eliot -
It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
Rand Paul -
Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
Dan Shechtman -
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
Carine Roitfeld
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
Eric Lynn Wright -
There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
Bebe Rexha -
I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
Calvin Johnson -
I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
Hannah Simone -
I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
My hair is naturally blond and thin, so I like to give it some texture. Sexy, dirty bedhead is good for blonds.
Malin Akerman
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I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.
Malin Akerman -
The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
Malcolm X -
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else.
D. H. Lawrence -
I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
Barbra Streisand -
We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
Ina May Gaskin
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It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
Damian Marley -
My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
Patricia Highsmith -
In 1835 at Kirtland I learned from my Sisters Husband Lyman R. Shirman, who was close to the Prophet and Received it from him. That the ancient order of plural marriage was again to be practiced by the Church.
Benjamin F. Johnson -
Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?
Barack Obama -
My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.
David Cross -
I think carpet bombing is an absolutely tremendous idea if the enemy accommodates you by laying himself out like a carpet in the middle of the desert without any civilians or infrastructure around him. Sadly, the Islamic State has learned that that is a losing proposition and does not accommodate us in that way.
David Petraeus