H. R. McMaster Quotes
Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.

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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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The opposite of pragmatism is not idealism. It’s wishful thinking.
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American election was really personal for Putin because he believed that Clinton is a personal enemy. He genuinely believed she was behind the Moscow protests in 2012, 2011.
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Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.