Nationality: Swiss Type: Philosopher Born: September 27, 1821 Death: 1881 |
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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We'll serve, on a good Saturday night six or seven thousand people in all the restaurants, and it's like, the percentages are that maybe one person's not going to like what they get. And I can't be there to fix it. I hate that. We're in this business to make things that please people.
But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.
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