Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes
War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I stopped watching horror movies after I watched 'Candyman' when I was – I don't know, fifteen or something. I remember my sister rented it, 'Candyman,' and it really, really scared me. And so it was only after I found myself in a horror film that I really went back and kind of rediscovered the genre.
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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.
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When I'm in the studio, I'm strictly thinking about the beats, the rhymes and the song. The decision I make once the songs are created, and there's a barcode put on the package, and I'm out there in the street selling it, those decisions as a businessman are different than the creative decisions you make.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho. I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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I invented animals and birds – I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.
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Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
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Leisure activities such as contemplation, going for a stroll or a bike ride boost our overall health, wellbeing, and creativity.
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At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.
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Peace is the deepest thing a human personality can know; it is almighty.
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What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
