James G. Stavridis Quotes
All of the military services - land, sea, and air - spend a great deal of time awake. This is a direct result of the high tempo of operations we conduct while forward deployed well outside our national borders.
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I am a Buddhist.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
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I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much.
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Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.
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I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.
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I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture.
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Well, I came the second year. I mean I just fit right in. They wrote a great person and I'm so lucky that I got to be part of the family.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.
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All of the military services - land, sea, and air - spend a great deal of time awake. This is a direct result of the high tempo of operations we conduct while forward deployed well outside our national borders.
