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Robert M. Gates Quotes

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State.

Robert M. Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: September 25, 1943

Topics

Budget Be True True Arguing Bigger

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

Joe Kennedy III

Family Service Decision Experience

Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose.

Freedom Alone Shadow Political Want

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Stephen Sondheim

Live Music Poetry Page Fade Stage

Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the text - but that text can be anything, from a fragment of movement or music to something you see on a TV.

Music Imagination Theatre You Matter

In England and Germany, perhaps, there is more of a focus on the physical side of the game, in breaking down the opposition's play, especially against the lower placed sides.

Focus Game Down Play More Sides

Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

Failure Writing Just Allow Part Any

In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over!

Pizza You Looks Want Over Point

When we look at each other, we're the same family. You don't have to see black or Latino - we're one family. That's America.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Family Black America You Look See

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.

Life Mother Dreams Time Day Saying

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

Work Morning Start Problem Wicked

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while.

Dominic Holland

Confidence Crisis Away Being While

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

Yourself Difficult See Without Up

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