John O. Brennan Quotes
Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
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I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
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I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it.
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It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
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If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?
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I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.
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Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.
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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
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People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well.
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Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.
