David Ignatius Quotes

Experts say that Britain and France have strong spy agencies; Germany's is competent but afraid to level with its public; the rest are relatively weak, and there is no Europe-wide spy agency.

David Ignatius

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RestStrongSayWeakAfraidSpy

The world's my oyster. But it worries me, all this showing off about being happy. Life is so precarious, and I know terrible things can happen. At the moment, everything is happy.

Jerry Hall

LifeMomentHappyHappy LifeWorld

There was a revolution going on at home. Why didn't I earn some money? Why didn't I do something practical, like chicken farming?

John Garfield

HomeMoneyRevolutionFarmingWhy

You cannot be this successful without having God on your side.

Andy Dick

GodYouWithoutSideSuccessful

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Stokely Carmichael

PeopleFreeFirstNeedOwnDefine

I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film. But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.

Sigourney Weaver

LoveThinkGenerationBackActing

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

Robert Dallek

ExperienceThinkThinkingBecomeWho

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

Mary Shelley

ChaosCreatingInventionOutMust

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

Lois Lowry

ChildrenLiteratureAdultBeingRead

When I was five, six, I drew myself as a cat a lot, because I was obsessed with cats. And then, as soon as I took my first riding lesson, I started drawing horses.

Lisa Hanawalt

MyselfCatsDrawingLessonRiding

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

Jay DeMarcus

CountryInspirationGospelEverywhere

There's some moments in your life where you're just like, 'I need something just funny.' That's the noble thing you can do. Make someone forget about their life for 22 minutes.

Jonathan Krisel

LifeFunnySomeoneMomentsYouNeed

That's one great thing about my profession, traveling to locations.

Dean Stockwell

GreatGreat ThingTravelingAbout

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