William H. McRaven Quotes

Flaws and all, I believe the free press is our country's most important institution - one I am more than happy to defend. One I did, in fact, defend for 37 years.

William H. McRaven

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I said if a woman sings an aggressive guy's lyric, it can't miss.

Jimmy Iovine

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As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father. I think I was only 8 when I read Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'

Jim Harrison

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A structured design approach can heighten the hit rate in the fuzzy front end of innovation processes in public and private sectors.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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I've had Susan Sarandon play my mom, and now Lesley Ann Warren has played my mom, so if I could have Debra Winger play my mom, then I would have the trifecta of my favorite actresses playing my mother.

Jenna Fischer

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Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done.

John Caudwell

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I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago.

Andie MacDowell

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I think I'll get a little more interesting small parts and see if I can really... I guess you don't have to have the pressure on you compared to when you're a leading man in a film.

Robert Maillet

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I don't need to show anybody anything other than getting the guy out who is trying to make his money off of me.

Matt Harvey

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Eric Young is an excellent heel. I think Eric Young is a really, really good heel because he does things intentionally so that you don't want to cheer him, you don't want to get behind him, and you don't want to support him.

Matt Hardy

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Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, I'm just fully invested in everything that person's saying.

Matt McGorry

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There's a certain logic to avoiding the haters, but as a strategy, it's utterly flawed. When you turn off the feedback, you lose the benefits as well as the drawbacks. It's like having a sore finger and cutting off your arm.

Rob Manuel

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Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.

Roland Joffe

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