Stanley A. McChrystal Quotes

Trust is an amazing commodity. The Afghan people often talk to me about having to develop trust in America, because they believe that we deserted them in 1990 and 1991.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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TrustPeopleAmazingMeBelieve

Both of my kids have my sense of humor - they're definitely entertaining.

Jodie Sweetin

HumorSense Of HumorEntertaining

I remember going to the audition for 'Corrie.' I wasn't an actor - what they're often looking for in these rooms is a character, not what's on the page. They want to see what you are going to bring. So somehow, I got the job on 'Corrie.' For the first time in a while, someone really believed in me.

Joe Gilgun

CharacterTimeJobMeLookingYou

My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me. I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.

John Burroughs

LifeGreatMeWindMy LifeTide

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

Jennifer Westfeldt

MomBothTherapists

I like to think of my books and the movies of my books living in two separate universes. Each is very nice, but only one is correct - the book. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other versions, and I always do.

Meg Cabot

BookThinkEnjoyYouNiceLiving

I've always sought to get after something that's foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that's true every time. I think that's really where you move people, when you touch on something that's true, that's not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement.

Mat Kearney

LifeFaithTimeMomentPeopleThink

Rooney, of course, he believes that he is the reason that people stick around all the way through the show. They'll put up with anything, you know, in order to get to Rooney, and that's why we're at number 16 or 14 or whatever.

Mike Wallace

PeopleYouKnowWhyWayReason

Everything in politics is politically motivated, didn't you know?

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

PoliticsYouKnowEverything

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

Douglas Hofstadter

Common SenseMoreCommonSenseGet

I've always loved movies, art and clothes.

Colleen Atwood

ArtLovedClothesMoviesAlways

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

Colleen Atwood

ThinkDesignClothesMy OwnOwn

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

William Hazlitt

HateKnowAnyoneScarcely

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