"Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take ALL of Kuwait ."

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Source : "Why Obama Scares Me" by Mona Charen, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 21, 2014.

April Glaspie

#Thinking Quotes #Kuwait Quotes #America Quotes

“A married man with a family will do anything for money.”
“I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.”
“I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.”
“Accents are funny. It sets me apart from the other girls doing comedy. It gives me moreâ€”how do you say?â€”pop-oo-laaarrrity.”
“Nobody knows anything. I deal with people in all walks of life, some of whom should have some idea of what they're doing. And they're all clueless. It's astonishing that any bridges stay up, or that planes don't constantly plummet from the sky. It's heartening, in a strange way.”
“Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to the status quo. That fear is disabling, One of the things we need to do as business leaders is build and nurture cultures that encourage responsible risk taking so making mistakes is OK.”
“Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers.”
“Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.”

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