#had

I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#any #bangkok #completely #did #ever

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose. ↗

— Dan Gable

#fear #getting #had #high #high school

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#arabs #blood #both #currency #forever

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Frank Gaffney

#aggression #america #army #attack #demonstrates

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift. ↗

— Mavis Gallant

#began #done #dream #father #fear

I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible. ↗

— Adam Garcia

#areas #being #contrast #country #developed

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. ↗

— Jerry Garcia

#any #balls #character #effort #had

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#going #had #heart #i #knew

I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#country #crux #example #for example #gain

The main benefit of the book for the more experienced practitioners is as an evangelical tool. The book will give you some ways of expressing the value and importance of your work that you may not have had before. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#benefit #book #evangelical #experienced #expressing