Alexander P. de Seversky Quotes
Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.
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I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
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As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.
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The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
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I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.
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At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
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Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either.
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He resembled a minor prophet who had been hit behind the ear with a stuffed eel-skin.
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I goggled. Her words did not appear to make sense. They seemed the mere aimless vapouring of an aunt who has been sitting out in the sun without a hat.
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The knowledge of past times and of the places on the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.
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He knew that fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.
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'Female Convict 701: Scorpion' is based on a manga as is 'Lady Snowblood.' I saw 'Lady Snowblood' in the theater between writing issue three and issue four of the first arc of 'Pretty Deadly,' and I was really surprised how much I was influenced by it.
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Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.
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I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.
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I'm in awe of comics that do things that I can't do, or haven't tried doing yet.
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Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.
