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 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 have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.
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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.
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There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and it appeals to people that she isn't rich and doesn't have a lot of friends. No posse. She's just like you, like most of us.
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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.
