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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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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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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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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I have always known a thing before it happens.
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Does choice exist when I see something very clearly?
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Cuando lo superficial me cansa, me cansa tanto, que para descansar necesito un abismo.
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Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.
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Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
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Logic is not only an exact science, but is the most simple and elementary of all sciences; it ought therefore undoubtedly to find some place in every course of education.
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Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. I don't need to scream it out. I won't, only because I live in a country where I could possibly be jailed for saying this.
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And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies of the human race out of the Temple of God.
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Rested commanders are the best commanders.
