David Ignatius Quotes

2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and exhilarating, is that we don't know yet which way the door will swing.

David Ignatius

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Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious.

Joan D. Vinge

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When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent.

John Muir

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My parents had us in church every Sunday, every Wednesday. It was more of a tradition at that point; I didn't have a personal relationship with the Lord until I went to the altar call one Sunday, and the youth pastor told us to make a decision for ourselves.

Stephen Curry

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I would definitely, definitely love to do more comic work. I think, creatively, there's something that's differently rewarding about it than the rewards of filmmaking.

Travis Beacham

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In early 1798, the Directory, the oligarchy that was ruling revolutionary France, ordered its top general, Napoleon Bonaparte, to plan the invasion of England. Instead, Napoleon organized and carried out the invasion of Egypt, which became the first modern incursion by the West into the Middle East.

Tom Reiss

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Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating.

Ron Fairly

NightLast NightSomethingLast

I don't want people to spend their nights worrying about getting hit by asteroids. But I do want them to encourage their political leaders to invest in the insurance, which will allow us to prevent it from happening.

Rusty Schweickart

PeoplePoliticalInsuranceWantWill

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.

Rupi Kaur

LoveWomanPoetryHealingLossLens

The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.

Don Rickles

YouPersonKnowStudyElevatorDid

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Diogenes

GoodManFriendsGood FriendsMatter

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Bruce Feiler

ChangeThinkingBetterTryingYou

Climate change is a very real threat right now to our economy, the future of our children, to our way of life.

Suzan DelBene

LifeChangeFutureChildrenNowWay

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