James G. Stavridis Quotes
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
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I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
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A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.
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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
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Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.
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Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
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The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.
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Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.
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Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.
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Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.
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People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.
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I thrive on competition.
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
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No way in, go in, measure.
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Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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If you're going to saute something, lightly spray olive oil in the pan or on veggies before you serve them. It adds a nice flavor. We grill a lot, so I'll use a little on my corn or my shrimp.
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The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is not real to us as an artist, since we have to take on trust the works of art he produces.
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I have these big brown eyes, so ever since I was a baby, you could tell what I was feeling and thinking based on my eyes.
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Rested commanders are the best commanders.
