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		The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable to defeat us militarily" and must therefore eventually be forced to compromise.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William Shawcross 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Shepard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baz Luhrmann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Navjot Singh Sidhu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Viktor E. Frankl 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Craig Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you're in a situation where your effective tax rate is so much lower than any other company, then obviously you have a much better position when it comes to compete on prices and everything else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Margrethe Vestager 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Richard Krajicek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from "A Time To Love" are the most appropriate for the statement I wanted to make...The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I'm satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do...It is a different kind of lyric; it's very picturesque. I can see everything that I'm writing, I can visualize all those things happening. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Stevie Wonder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable to defeat us militarily" and must therefore eventually be forced to compromise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				William Shawcross