#om

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. ↗

— Alex Rodriguez

#consumed #future #i #live #living

Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

#boy #community #gay #gay community #just

My mom doesn't get the whole gay thing, but she loves me. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

#get #loves #me #mom #she

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#afraid #become #choice #dealing #effective

In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogation was legal, necessary and saved lives. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#al #became #book #compliant #critical

Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#being #captured #felt #know #like

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#better #constantly #continue #goes #idea

The concern we have is that if somebody from our side gets captured they are going to get their throats slit. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#concern #get #gets #going #our

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#authorized #between #buried #cia #conducting

People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#both sides #come #embryo #forget #part