"And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline."

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Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

John Abizaid

#Thinking Quotes #Decline Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film scores to artists like R.E.M., Ben Folds, Prince, Annie Lennox, the Police, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, the Ditty Bops, local bands that friends of mine are in, and the list goes on... I have no single favorite genre or artist.”
“I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded”
“Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.”
“The whole system of society tells you what to do.”
“Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.”
“I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat.”
“The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.”
“If you look round Hollywood there's no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.”

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