Colin Powell Quotes

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Colin Powell

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ProgressSayingYouDefeatMove

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

Jim Caviezel

PeopleMeBelieveYouKnowActor

We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what is prohibited. We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together.

Robert Kennedy

LiveMenTogetherLawChaosRules

The sacred books of all the world are worthless dross and common stones compared with Shakespeare's glittering gold and gleaming gems.

Robert Green Ingersoll

GoldWorldGemsWorthlessSacred

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.

Matt Damon

WorkGoodJobMeThinkDown

Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur.

Steve-O

YourselfYouAnimalsWantOutLeave

Show business is part of a larger culture, a world-wide culture that must make up to the fact that the accumulation of things doesn't make a life necessary any happier or purposeful.

Tom Shadyac

LifeBusinessCultureUpThings

Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!

Ronald Graham

DayEnoughYouEvery DayKnowWell

I've always wanted to release records in America. That's where I believe the music belongs, and the style and the eclectic musical mix that we put together kind of belongs here.

Lukas Forchhammer

MusicStyleTogetherBelieveAmerica

To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there.

Dennis Potter

LoveToo MuchObscureSeeTo Love

I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did.

Donna Mills

BusinessCharacterMoreSheUpHer

Your genes are not your fate... if you change your lifestyle, you change your genes.

Dean Ornish

ChangeFateYouLifestyleGenes

I am dating, but it is hard to find someone quick enough and funny enough. I am quite demanding.

Anne Robinson

FunnyDatingI AmSomeoneEnough

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