Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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Walking at random through the streets, we came by chance upon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. I shall long remember my first impression of the scene within. The lofty gothic ceiling arched far above my head and through the stained windows the light came but dimly - it was all still, solemn and religious.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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Math is one of my favorite subjects.
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
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I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're dancing with your friends, I can't do that. I'm not a freestyler. It just doesn't come naturally to me. Clapping is my go-to dance.
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I saw a sign one time that said 'hemorrhoids awareness week' at the doctor's office. Let me tell you, if you got hemorrhoids, I'm sure you are aware of it. You don't need a sign to tell anybody about it.
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A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
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The most important thing for me is to win the fight and not what people are going to say.
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If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.
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If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.
