Andrew Bacevich Quotes

I began to appreciate that authentic truth is never simple and that any version of truth handed down from on high - whether by presidents, prime ministers, or archbishops - is inherently suspect. The powerful, I came to see, reveal truth only to the extent that it suits them.

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• There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Support
  • Gun
  • Safety

• The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • May
  • Today
  • Leader

• I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Road
  • See
  • Cultures

• I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Perfect
  • Husband
  • Blessed

• 'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • War
  • Song
  • Ride

• I love mentoring young girls. I've always been like that.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Like
  • Always
  • Young

• I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • Money
  • Like
  • Debt

• The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Way
  • Government
  • Tyranny

• I don't like to tell lies.

  

  Hal Ashby
  • Like
  • Lies
  • Tell

• I've always been active - outdoors, on the beach, playing - and so to go home and have to sit on my couch and relax... it's frustrating. Sometimes, you just have to really shut yourself down.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Home
  • Beach
  • Relax

• It's weird because music is this thing that you love doing, and it comes completely from a place of creativity, and then that transfers into having to manage a business and make decisions and figure out what is the best route to go in terms of getting your product to as many people as possible.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • People
  • Music
  • Weird

• I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.

  

  Larry Gagosian
  • Art
  • Reading
  • College

• You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.

  

  Ed Balls
  • Think
  • You
  • Saying

• Tcl tends to get ported to weird places like routers.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Weird

• In food, it's really, like, either you're right, or you're wrong. You know, people's taste buds kind of vary, but there's a technique. Either you do it right, or you don't.

  

  Kelis Rogers
  • People
  • Food

• No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Angel

• I'd love to have four or five kids.

  

  Jennie Finch
  • Kids

• I see travelling as a great learning process, and my biggest dream is to travel the world.

  

  Pooja Hegde
  • World
  • Great
  • Dream

• ...the greater part or my spring happiness is due to the scent of the wet earth and young leaves. I am always happy out of doors be it understood, for indoors there are servants and furniture, but in quite different ways, and my spring happiness bears no resemblance to my summer or autumn happiness, though it is not more intense, and there were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it behind a bush, having a due regard for the decencies.

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Children
  • Joy
  • Happiness

• I improvised my life along the way - I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Life
  • Moved

• I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Good
  • Never
  • Rugby

• I do not have a comic or tragic period in any real sense. I have always painted dark pictures; always some light pictures. I will probably go on doing so.. .Orchestral. My work in its entirety is like a symphony in which each painting has its part.

  

  Clyfford Still
  • Work
  • Real
  • Light

• If you think back over your experiences, the chances are that you will find the finest moments in your life were those when you completely forgot yourself.

  

  Arlene Francis
  • Life
  • Moments
  • Experiences

• I began to appreciate that authentic truth is never simple and that any version of truth handed down from on high - whether by presidents, prime ministers, or archbishops - is inherently suspect. The powerful, I came to see, reveal truth only to the extent that it suits them.

  

  Andrew Bacevich
  • Simple
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  • President