John O. Brennan Quotes

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

John O. Brennan

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• I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • Community
  • Build
  • Hats

• Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • Life
  • Women
  • Peace

• When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Live
  • Movie
  • Action

• 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.

  

  Nancy Johnson
  • Myself
  • Focus
  • Thought

• I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.

  

  Hani Furstenberg
  • Work
  • Great
  • Israel

• 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.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Time
  • Father
  • Dad

• 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.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Up
  • Good
  • Interesting

• Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Yourself
  • Motivational

• It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Music
  • Wisdom
  • Audience

• Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • Good
  • Water
  • Morning

• 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.

  

  Lara Spencer
  • Good
  • Work
  • Television

• As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

  

  Hamid Karzai
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Look

• I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Always
  • Childhood
  • Normal

• I like the language in Proust but not the context.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Like
  • Language
  • Context

• 'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Struggle
  • End
  • In The End

• 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.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Time
  • Work
  • Children

• I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

  

  Sam Neill
  • Boat
  • Take
  • Champagne

• I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Up
  • Job
  • Power

• I just hate that Lucas... and it is not just Lucas, because everybody does it, where, boom, they get it out, and then there's a special edition for a movie that doesn't deserve a special edition.

  

  Matt Stone
  • Movie
  • Hate

• Progress was a labyrinth ... people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it ... the invisible king-the élan vital-the principle of evolution ... writing a book, starting a war, founding a school.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • People
  • Writing
  • School

• I think it's cool people love to hate me.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • People
  • Hate
  • Cool

• Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.

  

  Martin O'Malley
  • Up
  • Children
  • Truth

• The 'Mahabharata' is a more complex and longer saga than the 'Ramayana,' which is like a fairy tale. It's much lighter and more fun, and at its heart, there's a cracking love story.

  

  David Farr
  • Heart
  • Fun

• Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

  

  John O. Brennan
  • War