David Petraeus Quotes

Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.

David Petraeus

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I AmBeyondOverGoingIdeology

Way back in the 1970s, I was eating a steak, and I looked down, and for the first time it suddenly looked like flesh to me - like a dead creature. In a flash, I realized that every time I ate any kind of meat, something had been killed for me, and I stopped eating all animals, not just cows and pigs but chickens and fish.

Joanna Lumley

TimeMeEatingFishBackDown

When I look back, I didn't take care of myself at all.

Joe Cocker

MyselfCareTake CareLookBack

With Eric Rohmer - as with Mozart, Austen, James, and Proust - we need to remember that art is seldom about life, or not quite about life. Art is about discovery and design and reasoning with chaos.

Andre Aciman

LifeArtChaosDesignRememberNeed

Someone's got to be interested in how I feel, just because I'm here and I'm real.

Ani DiFranco

FeelSomeoneJust BecauseRealHere

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

John W. Gardner

GreatOpportunitiesProblemsSeries

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

Amanda Lindhout

WorkDayAngerMeYouChoice

I think you can learn a lot about a guy from the way that he talks to you and the way that he compliments you. If he's complimenting you when you're just walking down the street and it's something completely pure and of the moment, then that's something you can take to heart.

Aly Michalka

HeartMomentThinkLearnWalking

We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

Stevie Nicks

LoveNeedRealReasonPayBills

I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV.

Shonda Rhimes

PeopleWorldLookWhyUnderstandTV

I think sometimes you go through an experience, and you don't feel the impact, especially in a war experience, until way past it.

Tom King

ExperiencePastWarThinkImpactGo

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

Rob Morrow

HopeBestPeopleAmbitionSociety

President Trump's frequent, unfiltered use of his personal Twitter account as a means of official communication is unprecedented. If the President is going to take to social media to make sudden public policy proclamations, we must ensure that these statements are documented and preserved for future reference.

Mike Quigley

CommunicationFutureSocial Media

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