Thomas P.M. Barnett Quotes

Here's my favorite bonehead concept from the 1990s in the Pentagon: the theory of anti-access, area-denial asymmetrical strategies. Why do we call it that? Because it's got all those A's lined up I guess. This is gobbledygook for 'If the United States fights somebody, we're going to be huge. They're going to be small.'

Thomas P.M. Barnett

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One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.

Meghan O'Rourke

LifeWorkIdeasMy LifeEnoughTry

Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess!

Maurice Ravel

RememberPrincessDeadWrote

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

John Romero

GameDesignImportantLeadField

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

Stephen Covey

ValuePrinciplesHumanPermanent

I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now.

Steven Wright

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolThinking

I wanted my dad to be proud of me, and I fell into acting because there wasn't anything else I could do, and in it I found a discipline that I wanted to keep coming back to, that I love and I learn about every day.

Tom Hardy

LoveDisciplineDayMeProudLearn

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay, to dry it in the air from the sun. This brings you back to the element of life.

Rithy Panh

LifeWorkGoodWaterSunThink

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

Mary J. Blige

TimePeopleGoWillTryGive

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

Marvin Bower

FactsDecisionsShouldBased

I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I'm right in saying I'm not in any way nearly 25 stone.

Miranda Hart

HopeSayingConfidentComedyYou

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

Derek Fisher

MeTeamWinNothingMoreTeam Win

We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through.

Christopher Meloni

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