H. W. Brands Quotes

When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader.

H. W. Brands

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I was very unhappy about being killed off on 'Supernatural' in season 7.

Jim Beaver

UnhappyBeingSeasonOffVeryAbout

In the '50s and '60s, a family's first child went into the priesthood, the second went into the military, and the third child was an idiot and wound up in advertising.

Jerry Della Femina

FamilyChildAdvertisingIdiotFirst

I've always been involved in the visual aspect of my work, and moreover, it's very important in days where technology allows us to push the boundaries even more than when I started out.

Jean-Michel Jarre

WorkTechnologyPushImportantMore

I have a philosophy that white people would be interested in Native Americans because, first of all, it's probably the only group as a country we all study and know the history and then never study again past the age of 10. So I think we have these things we believe are true, that are just not true about what an audience wants.

Soledad O'Brien

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When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house, RSPCA activities. And the relationship that you have with animals, you can get that from your children: that unquestioning love and adoration and equal need.

Steve McFadden

DogLoveRelationshipChildrenBirds

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

Roger Maris

DayBaseballPeopleMeRoadHell

The problem in Washington is that no one is trying to work together.

Ron Crumpton

WorkTogetherProblemTrying

In television, there's this weird sense of isolation from your audience; you kind of get this feeling that you write the show for you and your wife and your friends and the other people who work on the show. It's our little show, and then it goes out into the world, and somebody watches it.

Ronald D. Moore

WorkWifePeopleWorldIsolation

There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry.

Mary Gauthier

OceanLearnMisunderstandingMilitary

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

Joyce Meyer

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And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

Cornelia Funke

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I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

Antonio Villaraigosa

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