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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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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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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Every day I spend in Hollywood, I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck, and I cannot imagine making a film that way.
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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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There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
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Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.
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Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
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What the head thinks, should be examined critically in the heart and this right decision should be carried out by the hands. This should be the primary product of the educational process.
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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.
