Robert M. Gates Quotes

Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons as more in their security interest than not.

Robert M. Gates

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I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

Jewel

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I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

Jennifer Lopez

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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate.

John Podhoretz

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I usually sit down at 8 A.M. and work through to 7 P.M., with breaks that total no more than an hour and a half.

Stephanie Laurens

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I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

Simon Baker

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When we started doing sketch comedy - actually in '91 in Chicago - making your own videos, which we did, took forever. It would take like, a year to make one video. It was just so difficult to edit and just do everything you had to do.

Matt Besser

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You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success.

Molly Ringwald

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I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows.

Anne Tyler

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It's no coincidence that the word 'holiday' suggests a holy day, or that the longest book in the Torah concerns the Sabbath. If you wish to advance in any sphere, the best way is to take a retreat.

Pico Iyer

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I always loved Kate Winslet, but after you meet her you really love her because she's a cool chick.

Peter Farrelly

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The biggest risk to Quebec isn't sovereignty. It is staying in Canada.

Pauline Marois

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I've always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep more than one thing going.

Thomas Mallon

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