John Lewis Gaddis Quotes
I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the balance of power.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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I love anything to do with history.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
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The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could possibly help. But somewhere along the line, Americans began expecting their presidents to do more than just govern. They also had to make us laugh.
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If you're in journalism, the U.S. - and New York City in particular - is an exciting place to work.
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My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.
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I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the balance of power.
