Martin Dempsey Quotes
I've been in the group that believes it's in our national interest to close Guantanamo. It does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.
Quotes to Explore
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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I used to sit on the Circle Line and go 'round and 'round and write.
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Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
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If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that's held together and protected by the Constitution. Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. Those are American ideologies.
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I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.
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I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.
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Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.
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I used to see media on Althea Flynt and she was very wild looking. She had a mohawk and she published Hustler-I thought that was crazy. But when you study her, she was so innocent and frail and sort of birdlike, and sweet. She stayed sweet until she died, but I don't know what happened for her to get into drugs or the things she got into.
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In England, success in the profession of the law leads to some very great objects of ambition; and yet how few men, born to easy fortunes, have ever in this country been emminent in that profession?
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Looking fifty is great-if you're sixty.
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Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).
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We dance to reclaim our brilliant ability to disappear in something bigger, something safe, a space without a critic or a judge or an analyst.
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The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness is the actual end point. And it is not.
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I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna.
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There is an implied warranty that a commissioned work should last a lifetime. There is to be no charge.
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I've been in the group that believes it's in our national interest to close Guantanamo. It does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.
