David Petraeus Quotes

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.

David Petraeus

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I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

Joan Rivers

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Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.

Joel Embiid

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When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels. So one year, I was reading Tove Jansson, and the next year, I was reading Stephen King.

Matt Haig

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Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Andy Warhol

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I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

Amy Bloom

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The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.

Louis de Bernieres

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I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

Lisa Marie Presley

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I love a good romantic comedy.

Joss Whedon

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Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything is just perfect, and something magical happens - the film breaks through the screen and does something to you.

Jason Silva

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I am attracted to arguments that have a certain plausible originality to them.

Dinesh D'Souza

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When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience.

Devon Sawa

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One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.

Douglas Rushkoff

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