David Petraeus Quotes
The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
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I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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If you look at Republicans, they always run these old war horses.
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That I am today the face of Louis Vuitton almost seems like a twist of fate. You dream back to front, wanting the rewards before putting the work in. And then you work, get on with life, and just sometimes these childhood dreams have a way of catching up with you. This is a true privilege for which I am eternally grateful.
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Every player needs a little time to adjust to new teammates and the mentality of the coach when you change clubs.
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
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In my mind, depression is, like all non-communicable diseases, a physiologically expressed condition which is profoundly influenced by our social and cultural environments. Depression is a global crisis not only because it is common and universal, but because the vast majority of affected people suffer in silence or receive inappropriate care.
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My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone's sitting around being social, I'm not great.
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My job is not to make people happy; it's to tell the truth as I see it.
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What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell.
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Since kindergarten, I was the shortest kid in class. They always put me toward the front in school pictures, because you couldn't see me if I was in the back. It was kind of funny.
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Heroes do not dwell in a time of peace; heroes are hardened in a kiln against the sorrows. Their troubles sharpen the blade and make it gleaming. The glint becomes a brightness that is raised high on a hill, allowing women and men to see beyond themselves. For light swallows darkness. Truth buries death. Heroes are not born. They are filled by Music.
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We bear the responsibility to form a stable government with a capability to act.
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This is a very central part of the psychedelic attitude toward the world, to entertain all possibilities but to never commit to belief. Belief always being seen as a kind of trap, because if you belief something you are forever precluded from believing its opposite.
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The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.
