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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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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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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The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.
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My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.
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So, I can live with people saying, "I didn't like it." But I can't live with people saying, "There just seems to be no plan here," 'cause there is a plan. And a lot of people fall into that, where they don't know what their show is yet. Their pilot gets picked up, and they have to figure it out. I would hate to be in that situation.
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The soul shares not the body's test.
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Human beings aren't supposed to be controlled and told what to do.
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An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.
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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.
