Phil Klay Quotes

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

Phil Klay

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I'm totally in control of this tiny, tiny world right there at the typewriter.

Joan Didion

ControlWorldRightTypewriterTiny

The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live anymore is an interesting idea for a movie, but you need young people that people want to go see.

Joel Silver

LiveTimePeopleSocietyInteresting

There's no service ribbon for people who fought in Korea. We lost over 30,000 men between 1951 and 1953 - as many as we lost in 15 years in Vietnam.

Michael Cimino

ServiceMenPeopleLostOverYears

Most people appear to live an unexamined life, cruising through the years without much reflection about what it means, and/or taking what life hands them and believing it's all predestined.

Steve Blank

LifeLiveReflectionPeopleHands

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Steven Seagal

LifeTimeDiversityThinkLongMore

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

Romeo Santos

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There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race.

Mike Rounds

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I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled.

Lloyd Cutler

JobManExpectationsThinkPresident

You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.

Jon Bon Jovi

PeopleMeFatYouNeverSee

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

Don Nickles

HappenWhoStateLocalBelieves

Snowboarding is a huge part of my life, but I also feel like it's important to have a plan B or a back-up plan for after my career because I can't snowboard for my whole life competitively.

Chloe Kim

LifeFeelMy LifePlanCareerWhole

Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.

Wolfgang Puck

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