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David Hackworth Quotes

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.

David Hackworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: soldier
Nationality: american
Birth: November 11, 1930 - May 4, 2005

Topics

War Saying Meaning More Old Even

I look at myself, and how much I've gotten just because I play a sport well.

Angela Ruggiero

Myself Look Play Just Because Well

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Power Time Men No Time Who Read

I'd never bought a bottle of cologne in my life, never dabbled in Drakkar Noir before the big high school date or Polo before the prom.

Michael Paterniti

Life School High School My Life High

I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this longing, like, 'Oh no, I'm going to miss meeting the love of my life at that party!' I feel like that's very Mary Katherine Gallagher.

Life Love School High School My Life

The silhouette is the most important thing in clothes. Every French girl knows that. High-waisted trousers give you long legs and a pretty bum which, after all, is what we all want.

Girl Clothes Long You Important

Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.

Work Myself Name Find Returning

I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.

Work Love Never She Always Wanted

I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.

Alfred Schnittke

Heart Wake Up Feeling Fast Up Would

I used to tell strange, wild, improbable tales akin to ghost stories, and discovered a taste for spinning yarns.

Algernon Blackwood

Strange Wild Spinning Taste Tell

I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy Spirit in an effective way, render the Spirit perceptible, if we ourselves aren't close to the Spirit.

Pope Benedict XVI

Say Spirit Way Holy Spirit Give He

I can't stand too long of a record.

Stand Long Record Too

I look forward to doing everything I can in my new role to help bring more and more of the best talent and best ideas from Silicon Valley and across the nation into government.

Best Government Talent Ideas Forward

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