#war

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job. ↗

— William Petersen

#been #business #decent #good #good work

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. ↗

— John Petit-Senn

#giant #self-esteem #talent #where

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 Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ago #any #battalion #battle #conducted

I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice. ↗

— Daniel Petrie

#away #feel #i #i do #older

Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession. ↗

— Pierre Pettigrew

#always #been #canada #china #complete

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#becoming #career #goals #happened #kind

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#duck #howard #i #like #like a duck

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. ↗

— Phaedrus

#brain #gilded #outward #show #splendid

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment? ↗

— Liz Phair

#challenge #character #driving #emotion #feeling