Elliott Abrams Quotes
What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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I was a tomboy.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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In the production, it's my job to find every flaw and the ones that can't be fixed, and that's why my job kind of sucks. My first reaction to everything is: here's the 20 things that are wrong with it. Unfortunately, that's how I have to live.
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I was overwhelmed with messages of support I received from people around the rugby world. Sometimes you take it for granted, but I can't thank people enough for how much they supported me.
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Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.
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Music is supposed to be inspired.
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I'm too busy looking for the next role to do. I think about how to continue, to survive in the same vein. I like my career and my life as it is.
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What does 'politicizing intelligence' mean? Using intel, or more often, partial intel, to produce an effect in line with White House policies rather than giving a full picture of a particular situation.
