"During Richard Nixonâ€™s first term, when I served as secretary of defense, we withdrew U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the Southâ€™s ability to defend itself. The result was a success - until Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by cutting off funding for our ally in 1975. Washington should follow a similar strategy now, but this time finish the job properly."

-- Melvin Laird

#Jobs Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Victory Quotes

“Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.”

Source : Robert O. Becker, Gary Selden (1985). “The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life”, William Morrow & Company
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.”
“...You have to accept yourself, who you are. You don't believe. You still fight who you are. Until you accept yourself, until you believe, you won't be able to call forth your Han, your power, except in great anger.”
“Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.”
“The funny thing is that Sydney, who worked on the first film [Tron], developed a bike that had an exposed rider, but they couldn't do it because the computers weren't fast enough, so they gave it a roof, which became the iconic one. Ironically what we do now is basically what they envisioned in the first one but couldn't do technically. I mean this a full on homage in every aspect.”

Source : Source: www.tribute.ca
“We saw what happens with Bolsheviks. It was another catastrophe. I don't have the solution. The moviemaker can ask questions but not give solutions.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.”
“Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.”

Source : "John Travolta: 'I don't think I would be here without Scientology'". Interview with Carmen Gray, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2013.

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