John R. Allen Quotes

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

John R. Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.

Jo Brand

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The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.

John Boehner

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I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women... you get all of the different backgrounds. You don't want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I'm like, 'Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.'

Melissa McCarthy

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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.

Angela Duckworth

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I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.

Ann Richards

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My grandmother taught me how to make the basic pate brise pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything - sweet or savory.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Jeff Goodell

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I think success is the biggest challenge you have to handle in the National Football League; that's something we talk about a lot.

Mike McCarthy

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You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

Mitchell Reiss

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In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Prior to 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - the first one in 2003 - I had been essentially known within the confines of Hollywood as box office poison, you know what I'm saying? You know, I basically had built a career on 20 years of failures.

Johnny Depp

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Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

Dr. Dre

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