John R. Allen Quotes

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.

John R. Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RelationshipDayPoliceDifficult

I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.

Melissa de la Cruz

LifeThinkThoughtSexBloodAlways

I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so I could have an excuse to sing with a wedding band as research. That's not a good enough reason to write a book.

Megan McCafferty

GoodResearchWritingBookWedding

A good dancer is not necessarily defined by great technique, skill, or ability to pick up choreography but by confidence. When you feel the music, it penetrates to your soul. Everybody's a dancer. The greatest dancer is someone who is willing to dance, not afraid.

Alyssa Edwards

GoodConfidenceMusicGreatDance

I can do anything I want to do really, I might as well.

Robbie Williams

I CanWantAnythingWellReally

I've always had a fortunate knack for grabbing young talent and giving them a break.

Rob Liefeld

TalentGivingYoungAlwaysBreak

It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

Mary Wilson Little

WhyDifficultSeeExpensiveLace

The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette.

Lisa Loeb

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I have been to Turkey almost every summer holiday of my life and pretty much only on summer holidays, which makes me a very shallow Turk indeed.

Joseph O'Neill

LifeMeHolidaysMy LifeHoliday

Maybe there's two types of people in the world: those people who favor humans over ideology, and those people who favor ideology over humans.

Jon Ronson

PeopleWorldTwoOverIdeologyWho

I grew up in the Bronx.

Chris Hayes

UpBronxGrew

Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.

Conrad Anker

PerspectiveWorldEgoWoodsFace

I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.

Brie Larson

LifeWorkYouQuitRealizeWithout

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