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David Petraeus Quotes

I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said, 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan.' The only response can be, 'Yes, Mr. President.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: soldier
Nationality: american
Birth: November 7, 1952

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Moment Me You Security Said Office

We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold.

Good Time Drive Back Enemy Meet

Take '39 Steps'. When I finished writing it, I counted the number of measures in the composition. I always do this because I am interested in the length of a song. So I counted this one a couple of times because 39 is an unusual number of measures for a song.

John Abercrombie

I Am Writing Song Always Steps Take

I've made some mistakes before.

Mistakes Made Some Before

I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft involved in storytelling, and it's a different kind of craft. But yes, someday I will do that. It just might be awhile.

Melissa Rosenberg

World I Can Know Kind Storytelling

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

Andre Leon Talley

Morning Hotel Christian Appointment

If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.

Best Adventure Evil Philosophy You

What we do in the laboratory is we try to design drugs that will not just eradicate cancer cells but will eradicate their homes.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Design Will Try Cancer Laboratory

We treat human biology as our center point. Everyone already has a head-mounted display. It's your head!

Treat Biology Human Everyone Head

Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.

Problem Country Up Own Standing

We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.

River Find Lost Cattle Left Move

Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing.

Guitar Learn Say Living Bear First

I'd like to be able to show 'Rapid Fire' to my dad. I'm that proud of what we've accomplished within the framework of the action-adventure formula.

Fire Proud Within Show Able Like

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