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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I want to be the coolest aunt in the entire world.
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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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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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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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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody.
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I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he shewed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.
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Women are attracted to silent men. They believe they are listening.
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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.
