Pete Hoekstra Quotes
America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
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All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?
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Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.
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'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.
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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
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Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a part of it and lack perspective, and because it presents considerable variation from our pattern of historical change.
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The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.
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While domestically the president may be able to somewhat reshape his/her image through defining moments and actions, this is far less feasible internationally.
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America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.
