Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes
“Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.”
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.
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My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.
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Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.
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Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.
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I'm not the biggest horror fan. I get scared so easily. If I'm just walking on set, and someone taps me on the shoulder, I scream and jump and freak out.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.
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There are no rebels in the cinema business.
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I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.
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Capitalism is a wonderful economic engine, but it assigns little value to long-term projects or societal problems.
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“Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.”
