Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes
We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'
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No woman can wear prints all the time.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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In the Asian marketplace, we need to come out with products every nine months, not every two years.
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Every now and then you'll say something that didn't quite work. But the important thing is, as a comic, you try to learn why it didn't. And then you adjust and figure out how to either make it work or just abandon it because it's just not funny.
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We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.
