John Negroponte Quotes

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras.

John Negroponte

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I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

Matthew Vaughn

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To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

Stanley Hauerwas

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Usually, you come into it, and there's half a dozen different views or angles on what different people are wanting to see, from the producer to the director to the writers to the actors. I think 'Pacific Rim' has been an example of something that illustrates what you get if everyone is driving towards a common purpose.

Travis Beacham

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As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

Michelle Fairley

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Your hands, your eyes, your voice, your thoughts are your servants.

Loretta Young

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If you can't handle some of the basic stuff that's become a problem in the workforce today, then you don't belong in the workforce.

Donald Trump, Jr.

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I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to.

Brian McKnight

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Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Antoine Rivarol

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I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.

William Hurt

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A lot of people think the orchestra is playing and the conductor doesn't do very much, but the conductor's the person that gives shape to the music, gets the phrasing, and if he has really fine musicians in solo spots, the question is does he try to help them phrase, or does he let them go?

William Lipscomb

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In 1999, NATO did impose a no-fly zone in Kosovo without seeking a U.N. resolution to carry out air strikes on Serbian forces.

Peter Bergen

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On the street, I get either 'Are you the Red Viper?' or 'Are you Javier Pena?'

Pedro Pascal

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