George Packer Quotes

The Iraq war was always a long shot. But it was made immeasurably longer by its principal architects in Washington, including Douglas Feith, who ignored expert advice, reserved most of their effort for fighting each other in ideological battles, and regarded the Iraqi people as an afterthought.

George Packer

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I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things.

Joe Nichols

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I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.

Jill Abramson

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God breathes through us so completely... so gently we hardly feel it... yet, it is our everything.

John Coltrane

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I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, but they really work hard.

Mattie Stepanek

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People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing.

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You do certain things in your twenties that are just not appropriate in your thirties and certainly not appropriate in your forties. Eventually you even the scales, and it's time to move on and become an adult and start working hard again and going to sleep a little bit earlier. Fortunately, I got a job to facilitate that transition.

Jason Bateman

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I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant - I prefer it - but I can't do it myself. I honestly think it's some form of autistic disorder.

Douglas Coupland

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Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

Chris Van Allsburg

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Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

Chris Van Hollen

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Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: 'Isn't that that Bening woman?'

Annette Bening

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I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it.

Seamus Heaney

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If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest.

Richard Jefferies

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