Wilhelm Keitel Quotes
If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.
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History is not hatred.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
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To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about.
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I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
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I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year.
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I always say that people are like peanut shells on the ocean: the waves will take them everywhere.
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And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.
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You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time!
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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Dread. Bottomless dread... I am that shadow on the threshold defending my remnant peace.
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The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
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You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'
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No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.
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Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.
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I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.
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If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.
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It is the same game that Moonlight Graham played in 1905. It is a living part of history, like calico dresses, stone crockery, and threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins.
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If you take everything personally and to heart, it will tear you apart. Take criticism, learn, adjust, and move on.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.
