Brent Scowcroft Quotes

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

Brent Scowcroft

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 19, 1925

Topics

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I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.

Jody Hill

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I was raised really poor and so was my husband.

Jewel

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I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

Jeff Vandermeer

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In this century of hyper-postmodern ideals, with the digital future, we're segmented into different people, places, and things in a constant state of change.

John Van Hamersveld

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I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.

Stephen King

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The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.

Trey Gowdy

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I love stories. I loved stories when I was a kid. My mom read stories to me all the time.

Tony DiTerlizzi

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Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.

Michelle Obama

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It boggles my mind that the same people who cry 'foul' about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them.

Donald Berwick

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I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look.

Delta Burke

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In recent years personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers have attacked the food industry with numerous lawsuits alleging that these businesses should pay monetary damages to those who, of their own accord, consume too much of a legal, safe product.

Bob Ney

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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

Bruce Beresford

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