"The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak more than a few words of Arabic. A remarkable number of them didn't even have translators. That meant for many Iraqis the typical 19 year old army corporal from South Dakota was not a youthful innocent carrying Americas good will, he was a terrifying combination of firepower and ignorance."

-- Dexter Filkins

#Ignorance Quotes #Army Quotes #Years Quotes

“Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.”
“It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
“If you can find a nice pretty country girl that can cook and carries her bible, now there's a woman.”

Source : Phil Robertson, Mark Schlabach (2013). “Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.”

Source : "Plastic Man". Interview with Marc Weidenbaum, disquiet.com. October 14, 2001.
“Costis bowed stiffly. â€œI am here to make sure that you stay in bed, Your Majesty, because if this offends you and you order me summarily executed, it is no loss. Politically speaking.”
“I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...”
“All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.”
“Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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