April Glaspie famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We foolishly did not realize Saddam was stupid.
-- April Glaspie -
President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .
-- April Glaspie -
Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take ALL of Kuwait .
-- April Glaspie
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There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the main lesson of history is that we never learn the lessons of history. This makes us look so stupid that few people care to read it. They'd rather not be reminded. Any good history book is mainly just a long list of mistakes, complete with names and dates. It's very embarrassing.
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Nothing makes you feel more stupid than finding out you were wrong when you thought you were loved.
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Tomer: “What's this?†Cabinet: “Wt's ths?†Wedge: “Cabinet.†Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.†Cabinet: “...ts tlkng†Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.†Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.†Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.
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We could have made it to the Arizona border in a few more hours if we hadn't been distracting each other with stupid little arguments. Don't get me wrong; I liked J.Lo fine. I've made that bed. But I'm not sure there's a person in the world I could be with twenty-four hours a day for three weeks without getting a little snippy. If I ever meet such a person, I'm marrying them.
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Hearts don’t realize they’ve been lied to. They still love anyway.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again...
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I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.
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And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.
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Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.
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