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Martin Jacques Quotes

In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading U.S. personnel from the tops of buildings as Vietnamese guerrillas closed in on the centre of Saigon.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: british
Birth: 1945

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Hands Buildings Defeat Military

Dialing down is not an option for me.

I think we have a great track record on being relevant, on identifying consumer trends, needs and wants.

Great Think Trends Track Being

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

Myself Artist Others Always Been

We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for it. We haven't invested in our roads, our bridges, our waste-water systems, our sewer systems. We haven't even maintained the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us.

Roads Balance Parents Bridges View

Kentucky has always said you can't really make bourbon outside of Kentucky because it's a combination of the barrels and the limestone-fed springs that give us the water. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

Water Story You Said Outside Always

I'm not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don't have that kind of self-confidence or natural charisma.

Good Self-Confidence Kind Natural

I don't have a favorite genre. I think 'genre' is a literary term. I don't have a favorite kind or type of movie. I like the ones that are good.

Tommy Lee Jones

Good Think Kind Favorite Like Movie

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.

Home Law Law Enforcement Action Stop

The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

Improvement Direction You Things How

Every opportunity I've had to work and act with incredibly talented directors, like Dean Holland was on 'Love,' and the writers and creators of that show, Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Leslie Arfin, have been incredible learning experiences that have informed my creative process.

Milana Vayntrub

Work Love Learning Opportunity Rust

Wormholes don't exist because the only way they would exist is if they were seeded with exotic material created by an intelligence far beyond our own. Something would have to make one.

Intelligence Way Beyond Own Exist

There seems to be a sense in the British media that prime ministers enjoy going to war. They do not. The decision to send British soldiers into battle is the worst and most stomach-churning senior politicians have to take. It makes them wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying if they have done the right thing.

Jonathan Powell

Decision War Night Wake Up Cold

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