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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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.
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Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
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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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I feel very passionately that we need to take care of the planet and everything on it. Whether it's saving the Amazon or just being kind to those around you, we need to take care of each other and Mother Earth.
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There was no time when I lived anywhere longer than two years. I was always a social outcast. Maybe I didn't care what people thought because I was like, 'Well, I probably won't stick around here for too long.'
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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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.
