Stanley A. McChrystal Quotes

Military leaders, many of whom were students of counterinsurgency, recognized the dangers of an incremental escalation and the historical lesson that 'trailing' an insurgency typically condemned counterinsurgents to failure.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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On the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in Singapore to meet with a guy named Lee Kuan Yew, who most foreign policy experts around the world say is the wisest man in the Orient.

Joe Biden

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I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better person. Even if I think it's something you have to carry with you, it's definitely something that makes you more empathic towards other people, makes you understand people and relationships so much better.

Jens Lekman

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The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

Jeffery Deaver

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Stay away from other people's partners.

Amanda de Cadenet

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Tony Blair is an extremely popular figure in North America. His memoir is refreshing, both for its candour and vivid portrayal of political life.

Sonny Mehta

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Until you pray, God cannot work.

Joyce Meyer

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It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.

Jonathan Mayhew

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It's very nice to be asked to anybody's wedding. Particularly if it's the Prince of Wales. I learned a lot from it, which was to end early and get away. I suppose one would have to look back historically and see who other royals had at their weddings. Were there people at Queen Elizabeth's wedding who were common like myself?

Jools Holland

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You never find peace in this realm, but it's okay, because when my dad went to the other side, he looks after me now better than he did in life. He is with me all the time.

Dolores O'Riordan

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We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all kind, including the military. We all know this. Lets get on with it.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

Drew Barrymore

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The reality, as the battlefield taught us, is that a 20th-century organizational system is simply insufficient for the speed of the information age.

Chris Fussell

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