John Abizaid Quotes
Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
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Each is responsible for his own actions.
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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The electoral strategy for 2016 was, 'Vote for me; I'm not Trump,' and, 'Trump is dangerous, so get out and vote.'
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I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy in a very competitive way and a very healthy way and a very good actress.
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This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.
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I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.
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As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
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We live in an increasingly technological world where the issues are quite complex and based on some complicated science.
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I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited to be Bo Jackson in the game that I wanted to watch him play in real life.
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Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness.
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A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.
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New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.
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It is better to do too much than to do too little.
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I watch news programs and I love Comedy Central. I love The Daily Show-it's smarter than anything else. I also like The Critic and Celebrity Death Match and South Park. I love all of that.
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I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
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Taxes can set the level of activity around which the economy fluctuates, but they have very little effect on the fluctuations themselves.
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A woman's heart is just like a lithographer's stone; what is once written upon it cannot be rubbed out.
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It's funny, I don't really feel that nostalgic. I only recently started putting up some photos from some of the sessions I've done over the years and some of the Garbage sessions because my daughter, who's 10-years-old, when she was about 6 or 7 she was more curious about what I do. I have all these platinum records and stuff, they've all just been in boxes in storage for years but I started just digging through those things because I sort of want her to be aware of my past. I never really put the old recordings on and listen to them and go, "Oh that sounds great."
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Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
