"power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to the people, training and equipping indigenous military and police forces, strategic communications, and more of these, along with security, are essential ingredients for long-term success..."

-- Robert M. Gates

#Peace Quotes #Military Quotes #Communication Quotes

“Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!”
“I think I already understand about life: pretty good, some problems.”
“You can't let the fear of something completely and absolutely inevitable...”
“I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life.”

Source : "Ladies Man: 'Made in Dagenham' Director Nigel Cole". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. November 15, 2010.
“I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.”
“In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.”
“Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.”

Source : Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 13, 2016.
“What comes from oneself is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.”

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