"The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously, are civilians, and they tend to distrust, and to suspect, the military's motives."

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Source : "Rumsfeld’s Spy Unit". "To the Point" with Warren Olney, NPR, markriebling.blogs.com. October 31, 2002.

Mark Riebling

#Military Quotes #Historical Quotes #Mind Quotes

“You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week.”
“At the end of the day, we each have a different definition for beauty, but being yourself is the most important.”
“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience...”
“Besides film, I'd like to be the young Regis. That would be great. Going back and forth from L.A. to New York. Doing stuff on food. Doing stuff on kids. Just talking about issues that are relevant. Doing things on the Olympic Games.”
“A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.”

Source : Interview with Carlo Pescio, www.eptacom.net. June 1997.
“It is astonishing how elements which seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. How confusions which seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard.”
“When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much more than change the way businesses manage and share information. When you take a workforce of smart, creative, dedicated people and say "take this company time to serve your community, and bring along your coworkers, customers, and partners" great things happen.”
“With a written agreement you have a prayer; with a verbal agreement you have nothing but air.”

Source : Robert Ringer (2013). “Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life”, p.107, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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