Eric Greitens Quotes
I was at this dinner for Rhodes Scholars. And we were in the Rhodes mansion, which is this fancy mansion on the Oxford campus. And I remember I looked up in the rotunda, and I saw that etched into the marble were the names of Rhodes Scholars who had left Oxford, and had fought and died in World War II.

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I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.
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I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.
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If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.
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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
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Only when he voluntarily chooses that which he inexorably must do, has man any free will at all.
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I play football every Tuesday and Thursday early in the season. I am smart enough at the game. I score a lot of goals. I wouldn't be the best in the world but I am OK.
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The difference between successes and failures in life is simply that winners take the first step.
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They want us to get down. I'm going to get down.
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We're trying to find areas of cooperation with Russia in the area of counterterrorism and the campaign against ISIS.
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The state's results clearly demonstrate that we still are not doing what is needed to help these older students build the reading skills they will need to deal with increasingly complex high school courses.
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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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Being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.
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Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
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I feel like we'll forever live in a country that's divided... Divided by race... Divided by love and hate.
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I think readers appreciate those of us who stay in the trenches and fight the good fight even when times get tough. I know that I, personally, lost respect for writers who, when there was a downturn in the market, started shouting from the rooftops that they wrote thrillers and suspense novels rather than horror. As far as I'm concerned, those wussboys should sever all ties with the horror community if that's the way they feel and get out of the way so real horror writers can do their work.
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My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
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I was at this dinner for Rhodes Scholars. And we were in the Rhodes mansion, which is this fancy mansion on the Oxford campus. And I remember I looked up in the rotunda, and I saw that etched into the marble were the names of Rhodes Scholars who had left Oxford, and had fought and died in World War II.