George F. Kennan Quotes
A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word ‘containment’ was used in my ‘X’ article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
Patrick Macnee
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Samuel Johnson
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
Jack Vance
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
Jack Nicholson
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
Abraham Verghese
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
Laura Moser
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
Nate Silver
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
Paloma Elsesser
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
Gail Simmons
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
Oksana Baiul
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
Camryn Manheim
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
Abby Wambach
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
Tavi Gevinson
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During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.
Fidel Castro
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
Indra Devi
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Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?
Victoria Jackson
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If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
Cameron Dallas
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I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.
Katie Finneran
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Sometimes we make a mistake. Don't treat us as the enemy.
Sun Yang
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Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall.
Cara Delevingne
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A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word ‘containment’ was used in my ‘X’ article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it.
George F. Kennan