John Abizaid Quotes

Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time, people talk and they tell us what they know.

John Abizaid

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TimePeopleMeKnowTalkTell

When I was still in the Yardbirds, our producer, Mickie Most, would always try to get us to record all these horrible songs. During one session, we recorded 'Ten Little Indians,' an extremely silly song that featured a truly awful brass arrangement.

Jimmy Page

SongSillyTryAlwaysProducerUs

I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn't wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding.

Meghan Markle

JobWaitWeddingDownAlwaysPretty

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I'm all about doing every genre.

Meghan Trainor

FatherMeGrowing UpLearnDoing

I love working for a company full of geeks.

John Lasseter

LoveCompanyWorkingFullGeeks

We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.

Matt Kemp

Growing UpRichGrowingPoorUp

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience.

Tony Abbott

MotherPracticeProblemAbortion

In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him, the Hollywood stars watched me first.

Tom Brokaw

GoodStarsMeLos AngelesNewsSee

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

Ronnie Spector

ShameDeadYearsMostBrokeEither

I got a reputation for being 'eclectic' or some damn thing like that, but to me, the different kinds of music I play are all the same stuff - good time music - and it is the only stuff I can do.

Ry Cooder

GoodMusicTimeMeReputationPlay

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

Michael Ondaatje

HistoryMomentThreeCoincidence

I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.

Miranda Kerr

LoveTogetherWeirdWatchingHumour

Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.

Mitchell Baker

PeopleThinkOpenSeeSourceThrow

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