Kathleen Troia McFarland Quotes

You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

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As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question marriage: the father 'giving' the bride away, women taking their husband's last name, the white dress, the vows promising to 'obey' the groom. And that only covers the wedding.

Jessica Valenti

MarriageFatherWomenMyselfDress

And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going.

Robert Mueller

StepThinkDownGoPointGoing

I thought that my movie career was finished. I was quite happy to dedicate myself 100% to the theater. Surprisingly enough, I've never gotten so many work offers. It's so exciting, this feeling of a new beginning after 40.

Amy Irving

WorkMyselfNew BeginningBeginning

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.

Steven Moffat

MeResearchWriteLikeHappened

We must carefully examine regulations that could threaten the state of Arizona's water and power supply.

Trent Franks

PowerWaterArizonaMustSupply

A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

Michael Steinhardt

LifeArtMy LifeLittleAncient

London is such a great place, and at White Hart Lane, I feel just like home.

Luka Modric

HomeGreatFeelWhitePlaceLondon

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?

Joyce Meyer

LivePowerEffortGraceBetterWant

There's a certain amount of screwball and genius in 'Willy Wonka.'

Douglas Hodge

GeniusCertainAmount

You can't really say that Bushmaster or Mariah Dillard is a bigger bad, because they both do some pretty heinous things.

Cheo Hodari Coker

YouBadSayPrettyThingsBigger

I think that, by and large, the predominant voice we hear in rock music is a white male voice.

Corin Tucker

MusicVoiceThinkWhiteRockHear

I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions of freedom, to our place as a country that welcome immigrants.

Bruce Feiler

FreedomWelcomeStoryAmericanPlace

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