David Petraeus Quotes
Nothing means more to those in harm's way than the knowledge that their country appreciates their sacrifices and those of their families.
Quotes to Explore
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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Being evil is easy.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.
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My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.
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I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
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You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.
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I've been blessed with good eyebrows, and I've worked very hard for them. Get a good brow pencil, fill them in a bit, make them perfect, and I guarantee you'll feel better. At least it works for me.
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The manner is often as important as the matter, sometimes more so.
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Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
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When I was in college, for the games of that era, I was as hard core as anyone was. I wouldn't say I outgrew it, but you always have to have a finite number of addictions.
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Nothing means more to those in harm's way than the knowledge that their country appreciates their sacrifices and those of their families.
