After 9/11, a few hundred CIA and Special Operations personnel, backed by airpower and Afghan militias, devastated Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. That effort has since turned into a conventional Pentagon nation-building exercise and gone backward. Erik Prince Read Quote
Every district is going to be different, but if you wanted me to give advice to those candidates: Run your own campaign, the DCCC does not run your campaign. Figure out ways to raise money from small-dollar donors, and put some real energy into that because that will give you freedom to say no to big donors. Zephyr Teachout Read Quote
I may try and get into education. I may open a school, and that is my ultimate dream. Opening a school will give education to children, who are the future of our country. If we can educate them in a proper way, I think that will change the future of the country. Gautam Gambhir Read Quote
Good actors aren’t enough. You need charisma. Can you imagine ‘Casablanca’ without Bogart and Bergman? Sydney Pollack Read Quote
The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home. Jeanette Winterson Read Quote
There’s a bit of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians in New York, and we play a lot of different kinds of music together. We do pop studio sessions, and we’ll also play John Cage and more avant-garde work. We’re developing a language of music that comes with a lot of different styles, different kinds of work. Caroline Shaw Read Quote
I don’t know if I’m so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don’t see it as a contest, but as a natural progression. Dean Karnazes Read Quote
I don’t really get into a writing routine until March or April, when I’ll write a few hundred words a day, often in a cafe in the morning after the school run. Lisa Jewell Read Quote
Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered. Deepak Chopra Read Quote
There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting. Craig Stevens Read Quote
