Martin Van Creveld Quotes

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

Martin Van Creveld

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Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

John C. Maxwell

TogetherPeopleRichPotentialCare

I think that people are most comfortable when the world is orderly. I think there's the sense that when you begin questioning basic distinctions, such as the distinction between being male and being female, it represents a threat to the social order.

Andrew Solomon

PeopleWorldThinkYouComfortable

Getting into shape helped get me into a better mood, and when I'm in a better mood, I'm funnier. My general attitude is better.

Steve Howey

AttitudeMeBetterMoodShapeGet

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.

Stephen Colbert

SchoolPoetryNewspaperThingsLike

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.

Robin Quivers

GoodFoodFeeling GoodBadFeeling

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!

Mika

MelodyDisarmingAnarchic

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.

Lorna Luft

MotherHeartLookBackFeelings

Jim Rollins is the king of the weird science action genre.

Jonathan Maberry

ScienceKingActionWeirdGenreJim

My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.

Jonathan Bennett

SchoolCoolHigh SchoolThreeHigh

Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.

Dorothy Allison

WaterSlowSaltKnowMilkMeat

I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the Latin you can have a bit fun: tight trousers, gold shirt open to my waist, be a bit ridiculous.

Anton du Beke

FunGoldYouRidiculousNeverMess

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