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Richard Holbrooke Quotes

I'm not a wide-eyed imperialist who wants to see Americans manning outposts all over the world. Not outposts to freedom in the cold war cliche, but islands of stability and seas of ethnic strife. That is not what anyone should feel comfortable seeing Americans doing.

Richard Holbrooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Freedom War World Cold Feel Doing

I always keep my makeup really simple.

Simple Makeup Always Keep Really

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

Choose Bad I Can Say Bad Days Days

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

Happy People Disappointment Be Happy

A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it's not so good.

Good Weekend You Want Movies Out

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Christopher Morley

Wedding Enough Too Much Trouble Lock

There were seven kids in our family. My mom had seven kids in 10 years. So you had to learn how to talk and think fast if you wanted to be heard.

Family Mom Think Learn You Fast

I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song.

Time Me Song You Now Up

We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

Fun Honor Kind Own Outcast Kids

Subliminally, I had always wanted to act. Although I had only performed in a couple of plays, I was serious about it and was subsequently trained by people like Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

People Serious Always Act Only Like

I lived near Santa Cruz for ten years, and the whole time, it bothered me what an exclusionary definition of 'inclusion' was in force. Social censure was applied to those who expressed unpopular or uncomfortable ideas.

Time Me Ideas Uncomfortable Lived

I'm really fun. I'm ridiculously fun. I hope I'm infectiously fun.

First Playful Singer Rap Started

If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.

Succeed You Early Career Going Just

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