Richard Holbrooke Quotes
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
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Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.
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Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.
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Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
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Good prose is written only face to face with poetry.
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The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.
