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David Petraeus Quotes

I had the privilege of serving in uniform with British forces in Cold War Europe, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the greater Middle East.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

War Cold Uniform Privilege Europe

It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

Work Think Comedy Difficult I Think

I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school.

School Interesting Apple Student

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

Myself Want Become Write Turn Songs

I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime.

Food Money Me Prison Friends I Can

I had eyebrows and eyeliner tattooed, so I have, like, make-up. How lovely is that?

Lovely Eyebrows Like How Make-Up

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

Status Quo Status Just Maintain Quo

Brethren, let us mind our own business - that is, the calling the Lord has called us to - to do everything we can to promote the good of the Cause of Truth, and never ask how big we are, or inquire who we are; but let it be, 'What can I do to build up the Kingdom of God upon the Earth?'

Good Business God Truth Mind Earth

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

Life Architecture Become Everything

When you sit on something for so long you can't see beyond it. It's all you can see, so you become locked in it.

Anthony Hemingway

Long You Beyond Become See Sit

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost.

Me American Young More Always Poet

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

Great Me Kind Skating Without Big

I never can understand how anyone can not smoke - it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally.

Life Good Best Man Mouth Smoke

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