Andrew Exum Quotes
The problem is that I don't think the American people realize how much of our intelligence is actually derived from our partners. If our partners cannot feel or do not trust that our president will not divulge that information to, I mean, goodness gracious, the Russians in this case, then that could create real problems for us going forward.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.
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To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole.
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As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.
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We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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I have to be scoring goals and playing well to get in the team because, if not, others who are in better form will play.
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I think of workshopping as a way to read your own work through the eyes of others - a scene that you write gets refracted by those around you, and suddenly you have several different readings of it, each with a different momentum for how it might be retooled or reshaped.
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You can only really hear the beat of your own drum if you give yourself the space to sit in it.
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A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.
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Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
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I hated Long Island, and I had to get out.
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There's no chance of cheering him up, sir. He likes being miserable, so he does, and the bastard will get over it.
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Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.
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I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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The problem is that I don't think the American people realize how much of our intelligence is actually derived from our partners. If our partners cannot feel or do not trust that our president will not divulge that information to, I mean, goodness gracious, the Russians in this case, then that could create real problems for us going forward.
