Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.
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It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say, 'She's my best friend.' That's not a given, it's a process.
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You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.
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I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and, as always, I know nothing.
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I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.
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I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a painter.' And sometimes that joke felt like, 'Oh that's a good idea.' But it was only, like, a daydream for a moment to, like, escape.
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The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.
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For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
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We all get old, but I always say the skinny, pretty girls will be screwed.
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Free trade is the serial killer of American manufacturing and the Trojan Horse of World Government. It is the primrose path to the loss of economic independence and national sovereignty. Free trade is a bright shining lie.
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Algunas cosas se hacen tan nuestras que las olvidamos.
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Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Think about just exceeding expectations of every job you're being asked to do. Continually ask for feedback on how it's going. Ask everybody involved what you can do to do an even better job, and the world will beat down your door trying to ask you to do more and more.
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What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
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Women in the workplace - we still have big strides to make. Girlfriend of mine just got a new job. First question the new boss asked her was if she could make a good cup of coffee... Yeah, she stormed right out of that Starbucks.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job.
