Richard Holbrooke Quotes

There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important.

Richard Holbrooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1941 - December 13, 2010

Topics

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The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.

Andris Nelsons

BaseballGameHockeyIceYouGo

One of the challenges of the church is to accept humanity for all it is.

Tom Shadyac

ChallengesChurchHumanityAccept

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

Robert Benchley

SayingReadingMoreDifficultFirst

He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.

Ruth Park

NatureDieNowAlwaysCliffMay

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Diogenes

MenWantPrivilegeNothingLittle

I actually kind of prefer working with an ensemble. It's just cool to be surrounded by such great people.

Cobie Smulders

GreatPeopleCoolKindGreat People

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

Bobby Womack

GodSoulMeSongGiftHelp

For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.

Bruce Beresford

DirectorDialogueMostScenes

When you micro-analyze the approval ratings, there's aspects, and the questions come in, 'I love the president, but I dislike X, Y, Z,' or 'I like the president but dislike X, Y, Z.'

Anthony Scaramucci

LoveQuestionsYouPresidentDislike

Microsoft is a much bigger company than Qualcomm - a much bigger company - and there were a few days where I thought, 'I don't know if I can do this. It's huge.' My job was to come into the company and grow new businesses, and I thought, 'I'm not sure,' but it's all worked out pretty well.

Peggy Johnson

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Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers.

Thomas Peterffy

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Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Novalis

TrueNothingMoreUsIndispensable

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