Phil Klay Quotes
Marines and soldiers don't issue themselves orders; they don't send themselves overseas. United States citizens elect the leaders who send us overseas.
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
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The more real things get, the more like myths they become.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
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I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear.
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Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.
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I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.
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Why was I born with such contemporaries?
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You must work - we must all work to make the world worthy of its children.
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The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.
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I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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You shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh.
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The master enjoined not austerity, but moderation. If we truly enjoyed things, he claimed, we would be spontaneously moderate. Asked why he was so opposed to ascetical practices, he replied, 'Because they produce pleasure-haters who always become people-haters - rigid and cruel.'
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
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My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time in hospitals and giving home care. Several close friends died. I fell in love with the wrong person. And I was working all the time but still sliding into debt. My life wasn't anything like I thought it would be. And then I got in a bad car accident. I walked away, but it was like a splash of cold water. The next day, I started writing Twelve Lives. Sometimes, when you're backed into a corner and have nothing to lose, it's a great place to write from.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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Marines and soldiers don't issue themselves orders; they don't send themselves overseas. United States citizens elect the leaders who send us overseas.
