John R. Allen Quotes

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

John R. Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 15, 1953

Topics

RelationshipTimeLongLong Time

I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity, a meaningful place in the world.

Meg Rosoff

LifeLoveIdentityWorldThinkLong

I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.

John Key

HistoryWantEngageSureMakeSome

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

Ann Landers

LifeMoving OnWordsYourselfRepeat

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

John Zorn

GoodGreatMusiciansFindAccept

I am naive when it comes to love, you know what I mean? I do believe in falling in love at first sight and things like that.

Sonam Kapoor

LoveI AmBelieveYouKnowMean

People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.

Mary Gaitskill

FoolPeoplePresentTryingYouWant

When you do a first movie, you're contractually supposed to do the second one and then you don't do it, you become an executive producer. That's why there are a ton of directors who have executive producer credits on other movies.

Louis Leterrier

YouMoviesWhyBecomeFirstWho

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

Chely Wright

TimeEatingYoungIndustryAlong

I'm tiny. I'm small.

Claire Denis

SmallTiny

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

Sylvia Plath

HeartPeaceI AmDeepOldBreath

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

Ryan Giggs

DayPeopleThinkFamousYouWant

We've learned never to say never. Anything is a possibility.

Mark Frost

SayNeverAnythingLearned

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