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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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'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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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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One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted by players who don't know what they are doing.
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At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts.
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If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.
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Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives.
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Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as much as they do to be annoying.
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I am a newcomer. I want to remain a newcomer. That is my DNA.
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Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.
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Integrity matters. What our fans think 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.
