Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
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I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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My family and friends treat me as they always have.
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Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No.
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I support engagement, diplomacy, and trade with Cuba, China, Vietnam, and many countries with less than stellar human rights records, because I believe that once enslaved people taste freedom and see the products of capitalism, they will become hungry for freedom themselves.
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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
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If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.
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War is the only sport which is genuinely amusing. And it is the only sport which has any intelligible use.
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And since I just turned 32, I'm thinking about getting married, having a family, and that's very difficult to do on the road as a correspondent.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
