Paddy Ashdown (Jeremy John Durham Ashdown) Quotes
Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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Thanks so much to all the fans. To all our team, to all our wives, especially, that believe in us and that we come home to, and everybody here that's given us a shot.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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I don't drink coffee.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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It's fantastic that the world is becoming more open to different ways of working, but we still have a long way to go in terms of changing perceptions.
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The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.
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I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.
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Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
