Paula Broadwell Quotes
I introduced myself to then-Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues.
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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.
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As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.
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I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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I like routine.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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The Germans certainly - the intelligence service believed that there were WMD. It turns out that we were all wrong, probably in my judgment, and that is most disturbing.
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You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about.
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I introduced myself to then-Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues.
