Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1928 - May 26, 2017

Topics

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Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

Joe Torre

SometimesQuickTriggerUmpires

I was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, lived there a couple of times. My dad was in the Navy. So, we lived in Mississippi and South Carolina until I was 11, and then I moved to California, went to, you know, high school there in the Monterey Bay area.

Jennifer Palmieri

SchoolHigh SchoolYouBornKnow

If you went and found my draft bio, I wasn't supposed to play left tackle, and I sure as hell wasn't supposed to play it for 12 years.

Andrew Whitworth

HellYouPlayYearsLeftSure

We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.

Sterling Marlin

GoodHomeTimeHaving A Good Time

I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen.

Tom Stoppard

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When I was younger, I had no idea that I would be an actor. I had an interest in it, but I never actually did it. I didn't really expect it to be a career path.

Ross Butler

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Why do people get upset when Christians say there is only one way to Heaven? Shouldn't those who follow a particular religion believe its doctrine to be true?

Monica Johnson

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I'm still waiting for my first big Hollywood paycheck... maybe I'll play a superhero.

Miles Teller

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The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra.

Don Rickles

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While it may be difficult to understand why cities and even entire states would doom themselves to insolvency by undertaking these obligations, the answer is simple: Democratic politicians, who have near-total political control of California and of America's biggest cities, support this massive transfer of wealth to public employees.

Devin Nunes

SimpleSupportControlPoliticalWhy

I'm at that point in my career you can put up all the numbers you want to, you can swing whatever statistic you want to swing, but it doesn't matter if you don't get to the Super Bowl and win it.

DeAngelo Williams

WinYouCareerNumbersWantSwing

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

Chuck Mangione

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