John O. Brennan Quotes
Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it attacks. Nonetheless, it possesses the demonstrated capability to strike with little notice and cause significant civilian or military casualties.John O. Brennan
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
Natasha Trethewey -
I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
Garth Brooks -
I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.
Carey Mulligan -
There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
Nana Mouskouri -
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
Larry Wall -
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
Florence Nightingale
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
Oliver St. John -
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Edgar Allan Poe -
Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
Zaha Hadid -
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent -
Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
Eric Lynn Wright -
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
Ziggy Marley -
Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
Walker Stapleton -
Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
Action Bronson -
I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
Tamron Hall -
I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
Zooey Deschanel -
We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
Dan Brown
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When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.
Paul Theroux -
Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
Namie Amuro -
Let me say something else about this generation. As Commander-in-Chief, I’m pretty tired of some folks trash-talking America’s military and troops.
Barack Obama -
Make no mistake: I do not valorize our military out of some unfamiliar instinct. I grew up in a military family, and have my own record of service, and have stayed closely engaged with our armed forces throughout my public career. In the American system, the military has value only inasmuch as it protects and defends the liberties of the people.
John McCain -
I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens of billions of dollars more into the Department of Defense.
Hillary Clinton -
Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it attacks. Nonetheless, it possesses the demonstrated capability to strike with little notice and cause significant civilian or military casualties.
John O. Brennan