Dean Acheson Quotes
Acheson's State Department 'comrades...played a vital role in setting the main lines of American foreign policy for many years to come and...they may feel in their hearts that it was nobly done.'
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I have a very healthy dream life. I dream a lot many, many, many nights a week. When I'm shooting, it's even more - I don't know if it has to do with stress or with creation.
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I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.
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I like the American style. I love L.A. They have a completely different way of dressing.
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We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our children. I think we need to set a standard that is entertainment industry wide, not just limited to hip-hop.
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I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men.
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Acheson's State Department 'comrades...played a vital role in setting the main lines of American foreign policy for many years to come and...they may feel in their hearts that it was nobly done.'
