Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes
“War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but „til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.”
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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Actors don't have real value.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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For me, a great fantasy is real people, a world I recognise, human struggle and magic. You've got to have magic to make a fantasy work. But I like my magic to be subtle. I don't want magic coming out of the hands of wizards. I want it to be pervading, sinister somehow.
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Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex.
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I wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.
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We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.
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If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low.
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Only fools repeat the same things over and over, expecting to obtain different results.
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Tax has generated a significant amount of discussion, and companies are forced to do what they can to maintain that global competitiveness and perform.
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“War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but „til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.”
