David Petraeus Quotes

The central problem in Syria is that Sunni Arabs will not be willing partners against the Islamic State unless we commit to protect them and the broader Syrian population against all enemies, not just ISIS.

David Petraeus

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ProblemWillProtectEnemiesAgainst

I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.

John Kasich

LifeWorldMy LifeSecurityStudying

I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.

Jeff Bridges

ParentsRememberYouActingKnow

We took the handcheck out of the game to give guys like Steph Curry more freedom. Why didn't we say, 'Just get in the weight room and get stronger?'

Stan Van Gundy

FreedomGameStrongerSayWhyMore

This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument.

Mike Gordon

BeautifulMeThinkFeelSometimes

In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35' is all about the esthetic of that performance. You can hear the room.

Moby

WomenDayPerformanceYouRoomMade

Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you lied to me. Goodbye.' When they see wickedness, they walk away.

Lorrie Moore

WalkMeGoodbyeWorldYouKind

Why do we wait for tragedy to strike to tell someone how special they are, or how special they were?

Juhi Chawla

WaitSomeoneTragedyStrikeWhyHow

We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

RootsWithoutCannotFruitsGospel

Religious ritual is a way of structuring time so that we, not employers, the market or the media, are in control. Life needs its pauses, its chapter breaks, if the soul is to have space to breathe.

Jonathan Sacks

LifeTimeSoulSpaceControlMedia

Technology is something you have to embrace because technology is part of our generation. Digital natives, for instance, are people who grew up in a world that always had the Internet and who always had smartphones. Millennials aren't too far behind: my generation of people, who were in the mix of the Internet when it first came out.

Jon Batiste

TechnologyPeopleWorldGeneration

It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays. That's what I did.

Drew Brees

GoodJobBadMoreOutUs

Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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