Eric Shinseki Quotes
I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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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.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
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In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.
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The first session of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution was devoted principally to the problems of immediate revenues and administrative and judicial organization.
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Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?
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It’s his life. One tends to privilege personal insights in such matters.
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I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.
