Henry Kissinger Quotes
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
Quotes to Explore
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when I became a poet and started answering, speaking back to his poems in ways that I had not before.
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The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
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There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting what was first called jazz rock in 1967 when I started my first band, later became jazz fusion by the 1970s.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.
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Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
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Life is too short to make just one decision, Music's too loud for just one station, Love is too big for just one nation, AND GOD IS TOO BIG FOR JUST ONE RELIGION...
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Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
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Everything starts from a dot.
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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
