George F. Kennan Quotes
Although the Georgian nationalists do not like Stalin, they have every reason to be thankful to him.
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Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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You need to have extraordinary wisdom to be the forerunner.
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And if you want a commander in chief who will fulfill the most solemn obligation of the president to keep this nation safe, then support a candidate who has demonstrated the commitment, the judgment, the experience, the clarity of vision, to identify our enemy, to call it by its name, radical islamic terrorism.
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I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.
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That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.
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You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.
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I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
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Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.
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One of the blessings I've had, really, for my entire career, is working with founders of companies, whether it was Bill Ziff at Ziff Davis or with Jerry Yang and David Filo at Yahoo.
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The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.
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Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
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I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.
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Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.
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I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.
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I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.
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If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.
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Broadcast radio was entering its own golden age during the Depression, with live programming on stations all through the day. Local stations needed singers, musicians, announcers, and whipcord personalities, along with Christian clergy to give prayers and pundits to speak on world affairs.
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Although the Georgian nationalists do not like Stalin, they have every reason to be thankful to him.
