Brent Scowcroft Quotes

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

Brent Scowcroft

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think that's what good writing is all about. You go into a genre to talk about other things. Tolkein created a whole world to talk about the world he lived in.

Joe Morton

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Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

Joel Osteen

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The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.

John Oliver

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The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known.

John Sherman Cooper

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People used to ask me questions on my blog about how to break into the acting industry. You often have to start out in parts where you have very few words, but you still have to try to make an impact.

Stephen Amell

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I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.

Steven Shainberg

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I never questioned I would have any trouble doing what I wanted to do. I'm not talking about getting to a certain position - or to success. It was just that I knew I wanted to act, and that I would make my living that way. Having the unconditional support of your parents is really freeing.

Tracy Pollan

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TV tends to try and fit everyone into a TV mold.

Josh Holloway

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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.

Joseph Conrad

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Tax policy should reflect a country's values and address its problems.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Growing up, I've always been the baby. I'm the younger of two girls in my family, my friends are always older than I am, and I'm a rather small person in stature as well.

Dove Cameron

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I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

Christina Aguilera

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