James Mattis Quotes
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I work in a very contained environment, usually.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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We couldn't pitch the show without having created one, at least one 20 to 25 minute version of 'Broad City.' We wouldn't know how to describe it.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.
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Because Republicans have no ideas, they want to turn elections into the battle of dollars.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.
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So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again.
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It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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As a producer, when I'm trying to make something soft, I start with a slow tempo. Then after that, it would be straight to acoustic guitar and vocals, or I'm going to go strings and just piano.
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I think I'm like The Beatles - I think each one I've done is better than the last one. And hopefully I'll never make a Let It Be.
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Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.
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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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The steroids I did were on a very, very low dosage. I didn't want to take a lot of that. I didn't want to look like Arnold Schwartzenegger or Lou Ferrigno.
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Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.
