Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes
The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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I hate celebrities.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.
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Old man look at my life,Twenty fourAnd there's so much moreLive alone in a paradiseThat makes me think of two.
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The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.
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I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
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There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.
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The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
