"The urgent necessity is to make a decision - whether or not it is right."

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Source : "David S. Broder on Obama's Afghanistan choices" by David S. Broder, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2009.

David S. Broder

#Decision Quotes #Urgent Quotes

“...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints -to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony...”

Source : "Gift from the Sea". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955.
“Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.”
“Making scary movies and creating tension is very technical and it require a lot of coverage. It requires the stretching of time.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”
“To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything.”
“I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against are not only old, they are with us now, they exist today.”
“I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.”
“People assume that I came back to Washington because of the Post, but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.”

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