Richard Perle Quotes

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.

Richard Perle

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• I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Up
  • Perfect
  • Morning

• I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.

  

  Barry Diller
  • People
  • Meaning
  • Saying

• I can't take anything seriously.

  

  Rachel Brosnahan
  • Anything
  • Take
  • Seriously

• I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Time
  • Done
  • Best

• In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.

  

  Ted Allen
  • World
  • Work
  • Writing

• The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Human
  • Movies
  • Bold

• A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

  

  Vince Flynn
  • Good
  • Team
  • Football

• I'm a big believer in keeping the stage directions really tight.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Stage
  • Big
  • Tight

• The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Women
  • Think
  • Movement

• Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Body
  • Voice
  • Strength

• To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Need
  • Paper
  • Pen

• When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Experience

• Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Creativity
  • Only
  • Capitalist

• As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Justice
  • Understand
  • Provide

• Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion.

  

  Orla Brady
  • Interesting
  • Fashion
  • Idea

• While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Important
  • Society
  • Like

• During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Time
  • School
  • Art

• Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Time
  • Real
  • Information

• In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.

  

  Osman Baydemir
  • School
  • Fake
  • Creating

• The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • Government
  • Powerful
  • Turkey

• All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Life
  • Better
  • Experiment

• When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Real

• If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Me

• National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.

  

  Richard Perle
  • Government
  • Obligation
  • Sovereignty