Dennis L. McKiernan Quotes

Upon graduation from high school, following my brother by a couple of years, I joined the U.S. Air Force.

Dennis L. McKiernan

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• The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.

  

  Haile Selassie
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• A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.

  

  J. J. Watt
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• I'm afraid to fail again.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

  

  Ulrich Beck
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• Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
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• The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
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• In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.

  

  Laura Miller
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• I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.

  

  Ion Tiriac
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• Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.

  

  Gary Johnson
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• Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.

  

  Balaji Srinivasan
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• The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
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• I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

  

  Larry Niven
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• We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Music
  • Need
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• I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would be a country house hotel in the middle of nowhere, with full room service.

  

  Kate Atkinson
  • Writing
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• My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

  

  Tara Brach
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• In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.

  

  Iain McGilchrist
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• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
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• Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

  

  Jerry Greenfield
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  • Quality
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• Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance.

  

  Bobbie Ann Mason
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  • Reading
  • Habit

• Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.

  

  Ben Miles
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  • Why
  • Productivity

• If you remember you just have one constituent, and that's God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life.

  

  Jim DeMint
  • Life
  • God
  • Remember

• I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.

  

  Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
  • Music
  • School
  • High

• Upon graduation from high school, following my brother by a couple of years, I joined the U.S. Air Force.

  

  Dennis L. McKiernan
  • School
  • High
  • Air