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.
Quotes to Explore
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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 tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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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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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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What could be a better recipe than mixing fashion and food?
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On the rare occasions when my family talked about business, the subject was Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and his potential for muscling my dad's small gravel-and-sand operation.
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Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.
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Fencing made me feel for the first time like a winner.
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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.
