David Petraeus Quotes

The challenge of Mosul and Nineveh is the considerable number of ethnic groups, religious sects, tribes, and other elements that make up the province.

David Petraeus

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ChallengeUpEthnicNumberElements

I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.

Joe Cornish

BelieveBetterYouKnowMoviesLess

This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be warped to the purposes of a casually ascendant influence.

John Tyler

DayInfluenceConstitutionFlexible

To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them - though they certainly season it with some racism. You know, he's that lucky black man who actually appeals to the populace. He's that elitist who got himself off food stamps and into Harvard.

John Ridley

FoodDayManRacismBlackBetter

The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going.

Tommy Lee Jones

LifeHopeQualityCreativeMeGreed

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

Michael Learned

AmbitionDrivingNeverStarHad

I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they'll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered while at school. If they don't figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.

Clayton M. Christensen

LifeTimePurposeSchoolSailLook

I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever.

Bobby Womack

SheStageGoingSplitSingLike

I have got good films, and I am thankful to Aditya Chopra. He put a lot of faith in me.

Anushka Sharma

GoodFaithThankfulI AmMeGot

In many ways, string theory attempts to go beyond Einstein's dream... an all-encompassing description of nature that works at large distances where gravity becomes important as well as small distances where quantum mechanics is important.

Ashoke Sen

NatureSmallDreamGoImportant

Talking Heads, for me and Chris, was a very personal thing that we shared with a lot of people. In a way, I'm glad it's over, because it allows us to move beyond the restrictions that followed.

Tina Weymouth

PeopleMeTalkingPersonalWayOver

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

Richard Linklater

BestStoryTryingYouKnowTell

I'm a big veteran of being able to, in one comic, explain to you everything that you need to know to get forward in the story without you having to refer back to years of continuity and a universe in these superhero comics.

Mark Waid

ForwardStoryUniverseYouBack

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