David Ignatius Quotes

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.

David Ignatius

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One of the things about being a law student is that the academic discipline of law is very often removed from the practical reality of law. How to complain, who to complain to, and whether or not you even need to invoke the law is very different in the real world from how it's examined in the lecture theatre.

Robert Rinder

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Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.

Michael Douglas

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'Saturday Night Live' is live television. Nothing can compare to that.

Tracy Morgan

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That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

Ronny Chieng

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As disciplined as I am, I'm also a huge hedonist.

Jason Bateman

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I was one of those daughters who saw my mother as my enemy when I was a teen.

Deborah Tannen

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Living in New Zealand, that's something that you'd like to do as an actor, but very rarely do you get an opportunity to get such a good springboard as 'The Hobbit' to help you get international work.

Dean O'Gorman

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To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today, and how it has changed along the way. The word 'nice' is a positive word today, but hundreds of years ago, it meant 'stupid.'

Anu Garg

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I think you have to plan ahead. When I go to the market on a Saturday, and I'm buying for family and friends, I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat on the weekend but also about what I'm going to make for the following week.

Alice Waters

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I have always been a strong supporter of public lands and have voted against the transfer or sale of public lands. My position is known and well-established.

Ryan Zinke

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Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.

Marilyn Ferguson

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The first time you watch a movie that you like, all of the magic works on you. It's an experience of having a world unfold in front of you. But if you watch it again, you start to see where the seams are.

Marshall Curry

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