John Abizaid Quotes
Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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I worked three and then six hours a day in my studio with strict discipline and emotion. I obtained awards usually granted to other foreigners during the end-of-year admission tests.
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.
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I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old vampires?' Apparently there are not - or even zombies for that matter. I guess they all get eaten.
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I admit my view of the world is colored by my legal and business experiences at Liberty.
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I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.
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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.
