David Cortright Quotes
If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.
Quotes to Explore
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I don't want to be on the road all my life.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
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As a child, I always remember our home, which was a flat just on the Barnes side of Hammersmith Bridge in London, buzzing with actors such as Patrick McGee and Peter Bowles. We were a family who were always on the go.
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How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
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'Love has a language that transcends all languages, all barriers and all distance.'
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What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
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The period of my service will depend on two conditions. Firstly, of course, there are rules stipulated by the Constitution, and I surely will not infringe them. But I am not sure whether I should take full advantage of these constitutional rights. It will depend on the specific situation in the country, in the world and my own feelings about it.
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I just go out there and play the game; I get on with things. Golf is not everything in life.
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Mourning in America, Savage Love column, The Stranger, 15 November 2016
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If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.
