Alexander Haig Quotes
In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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If a band or artist isn't tweeting or writing posts on Facebook every day, there can be this kind of mystique built about them, and I find myself retreating from the spotlight more and more.
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When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.
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I'm obsessed with Marcus Mumford. I've got to know him recently; he's amazing.
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I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
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It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
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I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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It was very difficult to leave Argentina when I was kid, so I only spoke Spanish for the first six years of my life.
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Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.
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Toni: Well... straight couples get respect when they marry. Maybe we need to make some kind of symbolic affirmation of our commitment to one another!Clarice: You mean...Toni: Yes! Let's open a joint checking account!Clarice: Oh, darling! But this is so sudden!
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If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world.
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In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.
