James G. Stavridis Quotes
As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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I'm a proud family man.
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I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.
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I don't like controversy.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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Terrorism is not new to black people.
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Thirteen years I took on this last book.
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I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from the East as well because I have deep-set eyes. Make-up artists are constantly trying to shade my eyelids, and I have to point out that I don't have any!
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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.
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There's this element of surprise when you're writing songs, like it's something outside of you that you get to be part of. And it's just exciting. And that's why I keep writing - because I like that feeling.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.
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Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.
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You look like a Goth factory exploded all over you!" he called as she ran down the hall. "Love you, too, jackass!
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I will not vote for - and no senator should vote for - anyone who will not render justice impartially.
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.
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As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
