"America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long."

-- Robert M. Gates

#America Quotes #Long Quotes #Development Quotes

“No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.”
“The uncreated and the dead exist solely in our actual and virtual pasts.”
“A poem's life and death dependeth still Not on the poet's wits, but reader's will.”
“I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.”
“If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience.”
“Language is a nice way to remember things.”
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.”
“Even God used silence as a strategy.”

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