George F. Kennan Quotes
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.
George F. Kennan
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
Lajos Kossuth
Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.
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M. H. Abrams
I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
Nancy Sinatra
Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.
L. Neil Smith
A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
Canelo Alvarez
Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.
Ed Markey
I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.
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The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.
A. J. Liebling
British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
Sam Heughan
My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family.
Tamara Tunie
I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.
Rachel Kushner
In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the Military and Naval Schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive.
Zachary Taylor
I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.
Zoe Saldana
I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.
Dean Kamen
When I was very young, I used to clean up after my parents. If I stay in a hotel, I make the bed and clean the room when I get up, even the bathroom mirror, for which I carry a tiny bottle of ammonia.
Mark Helprin
People make excuses [for not wanting to fight me]. It has a lot to do with my style. I'm a crafty fighter but I can also punch.
Erislandy Lara
If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.
Barry Eisler
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.
George F. Kennan
