Henry Kissinger Quotes
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
Quotes to Explore
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In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.
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It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.
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'Brisco' was the first show I created, and of course, at the time I had no idea what a special experience it was because I didn't have a frame of reference. After it was over I was like, 'Damn. Shoot. That was something special.' I'm still upset that it got cancelled.
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Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.
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I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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Global warming is my personal experience.
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If I'm made to pick one transcendent reading experience, then it was listening to Miss Sarzin as - if we'd been very, very good - she read the next chapter of 'The Hobbit' aloud to us.
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I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!
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'The Reader' is about a young man's experience of falling in love with somebody who, it turns out, made some choices that were unavoidable in her life that resulted in horrific crimes against humanity.
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Anyone who has had the experience of going through American security checks knows the purpose of these checks is not to make you safer; it's just to annoy you.
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Before finding a mentor, I feel it's essential to really find your own calling and passion. From my experience, this will become a guiding bond in this kind of relationship. Be curious and engaged - and push yourself actively. Be as good as you can at what you love to do, and you will certainly get a mentor's attention.
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I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.
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Sometimes, I've had the experience with a director where I didn't share the same vision of the movie.
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The novel is an artifact, which is why antiquarians cling to it so fervently.
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The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.
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If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.
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The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
