Anthony H. Cordesman Quotes
They have begun to realize that when you focus only on the U.S. it gives the impression that the U.S. doesn't care about Iraqis. In these kinds of political battles you need to count your allies, not just yourself.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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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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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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The latest technology is not always good for anything except to the producers of the technology.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
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When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
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The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.
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The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
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The workers of America have power enough to topple the structure of capitalism at home and to lift the whole world with them when they rise.
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Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel.
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They have begun to realize that when you focus only on the U.S. it gives the impression that the U.S. doesn't care about Iraqis. In these kinds of political battles you need to count your allies, not just yourself.
