James G. Stavridis Quotes
I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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When I think about myself as a writer, for sure I am a science fiction writer. The tools of extrapolation, the tools of anticipating the future - those are science fictional questions.
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I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.
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I look at the N.B.A. as a job, a great job to have, so I think, for me, I would have loved the opportunity to go to the N.B.A. out of high school. If you're not ready, you're not ready. If you are ready, I think you should be able to go.
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I was going through a crisis once, so I went to therapy because I was so unbearable for myself.
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I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!
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When I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand,And I like to take up space just because I can,And I use my dress to wipe up my drink.I care less and less what people think.
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I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.
