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President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself. ↗

— David Petraeus

#advanced #afghanistan #aspirations #capacity #countries

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#along #am #dark #dark side #everything

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#because #being #consider #day #find

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#i #myself #normal #pool #something

I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. ↗

— TobyMac

#celebration #christmas #come #dance #everyone

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#better #called #categorized #compliment #considered

I don't consider myself to be that radical a thinker. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#i #myself #radical #thinker

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#always #american #get #given #hope

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#face #inside #paint