"Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States."

-- Michael Mandelbaum

#Firsts Quotes #United States Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“Seek to complete rather than compete.”
“A high-ranking Syrian official in DC laughed when he heard I was reading Michel Aflaq and writing this book. He said, "Let me tell you something. There are no Baathists, no one believes this stuff, this is stuff you read in school because it's assigned to you. Maybe someone believed it, but no one really believes it." And I thought that was really interesting to hear, because the ideology of Baathism was presented so often to Americans as the core of what's wrong.”
“It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself”
“Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 30, 2012
“When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations.”
“The drama, like the symphony, does not teach or prove anything.”

Source : John Millington Synge, Ann Saddlemyer (1998). “Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays”, p.28, Oxford University Press, USA
“Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising.”

Source : Interview with Abe Heilman; Paul Wallace Research Collection, Accession 97004, Box 2, Folder 24; Hershey Community Archives, Hershey, PA, USA, 1953.
“Touch me again, and Iâ€™ll end youâ€¦ in a non-criminal way.”

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