James Mattis Quotes
I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn't waste their lives because I didn't have the vision in my mind of how to destroy the enemy at least cost to our guys and to the innocents on the battlefields.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that other people wouldn't have been able to do. But then again, we've also been able to live a normal life as well.
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Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.
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I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn't waste their lives because I didn't have the vision in my mind of how to destroy the enemy at least cost to our guys and to the innocents on the battlefields.
