David Petraeus Quotes
You have to keep on disrupting. If you let up the pressure, then al-Qaeda senior leadership will come back.
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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My mom is super fabulous, and I remember her telling me at 13, 'You can start wearing makeup now.' And the funny thing is, I didn't take her up on it!
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I am pretty diligent with my fitness routine. I am not like a crazy workout-holic, but I stay active.
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You don't even have to be able to talk. Just sing and get famous. 'Cause James Brown's been singin' 30 years. I don't know what the fuck James is talkin' about!
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The name of our country, France, still rings out like a call to freedom.
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Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn't been photographed it doesn't really exist.
Elliott Erwitt -
You have to keep on disrupting. If you let up the pressure, then al-Qaeda senior leadership will come back.
