Jonathan Powell Quotes

I do not think that war is always wrong: sometimes it is necessary to stop a dictator, prevent massive human-rights abuses, or expel an invader. But I have also seen that in the modern world, civil wars are the greatest threat to humanitarian security.

Jonathan Powell

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Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

Anderson Cooper

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My sense of myself is that I'm a character actor, and character actors are ready, willing, and able to do anything, to be totally different from themselves. That's my job, to be ready. I'm some kind of first responder.

John Lithgow

CharacterMyselfJobReadyKind

I don't deal with the nuts and bolts of life.

John Lithgow

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I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

Robert Knepper

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Americans disagree about America because the most common consensus as to what America is or has ever been or ever was meant to be eludes us, and it eludes us because we want it to.

Steve Erickson

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I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me.

Mat Kearney

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I don't think Russia is setting this as a goal; I don't think this should be Russia's goal. I think even the United States doesn't need to be a superpower. China doesn't need to be a superpower. It's a different world.

Mikhail Gorbachev

WorldThinkGoalNeedRussiaChina

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

Michael Phelps

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I want to crack jokes about people. That is my right.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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Sherrod Brown and President Obama have lost the faith of Jewish Democrats.

Josh Mandel

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I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.

Christina Applegate

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I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.

Antonio Banderas

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