Elliott Abrams Quotes

History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later with a whimper.

Elliott Abrams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 24, 1948

Topics

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When you're out dancing with your friends, you think you're cool. But then you get in the ballroom, and it's totally different.

Joanna Krupa

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We can be so hard on ourselves. And other people can, too - there's so much criticism out there!

Jennifer Garner

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Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal.

John M. McHugh

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My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful.

Treat Williams

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Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front.

Marty Meehan

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For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.

Lisa Jewell

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My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball.

Derek Jeter

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I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.

Christen Press

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There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.

Boris Vallejo

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I joke that I only play in World Cups.

Ali Krieger

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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well... nothing.

Phoebe Tonkin

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Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.

Peter Singer

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