"Hillary Clinton really transformed herself into a national security expert. She decided to join the Senate Armed Services Committee, and she became a real military wonk. She was famous for going to every subcommittee hearing and methodically questioning every lieutenant colonel from the Pentagon about defense procurement or selective service benefits. So that's where she really began to carve out and hone this reputation as a hawk that I think has followed her through the secretary of state years and then into the presidential campaign."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Michael Tomasky

#Real Quotes #Military Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.162
“I grew up on that stage. I learned almost everything I know there.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.”
“House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.”
“What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry.”

Source : Source: blog.yupnet.org
“All happiness is a form of innocence.”

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey (1984). “With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey”, Boston : Beacon Press
“I dont get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.”

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