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My world view is that it can all go to hell in an instant, and you have to be ready for it. That's pretty much the central theme running through my work. It's about people's awareness of how uncertain life can be and their trying to guard against that.

~David Morrell

Topics: About Against Awareness Central Go Go To Hell Guard Hell How Instant Life Much People Pretty Ready Running Theme Through Trying Uncertain View Work World World View You

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Just in terms of when I got the script, the character I probably liked the least was Big Foster. Because even though he was central to the story and to that world, he was really written to be kind of a brute, a pig, a completely black-and-white bad guy.

~David Morse

Topics: Bad Bad Guy Be Kind Because Big Black-And-White Brute Central Character Even Foster Got Guy He Just Kind Least Liked Pig Really Script Story Terms Though World Written

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The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of 'Grain Brain.'

~David Perlmutter

Topics: Abundance Best Brain Cancer Carbohydrates Central Diet Fat Grain Health Heart Low Overall Reduction Risk Specifically Theme

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As a practicing neurologist, I place central importance in applying current science to the notion of disease prevention.

~David Perlmutter

Topics: Applying Central Current Disease Importance Neurologist Notion Place Practicing Prevention Science

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When I was commander of Central Command, obviously we were very concerned about the developments in Yemen, the developments in Somalia and elsewhere, in Africa and so forth. But the al Qaeda senior leadership is under unprecedented pressure.

~David Petraeus

Topics: About Africa Al Central Command Commander Concerned Developments Elsewhere Forth Leadership Obviously Pressure Senior Somalia Unprecedented Very Were Qaeda

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Central to achieving progress in Afghanistan - and to setting the conditions necessary to transition security tasks from the international community to the Afghan government - is increasing the size and capability of ANSF.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Achieving Afghan Afghanistan Capability Central Community Conditions Government Increasing International International Community Necessary Progress Security Setting Size Tasks Transition

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There is not a military commander alive today who is genetically predisposed to say that he has enough ISR and assets, and particularly not in the Central Command theater.

~David Petraeus

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Mubarak would meet with me when I was at Central Command. He would lean and put his hand on my knee, as if a father figure, and say, 'General, don't ever forget the Arab Street. Listen to the Arab Street.' I'd like to go to him now and say, 'Mr. President, what about that Arab Street, what's that all about?'

~David Petraeus

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The central problem in Syria is that Sunni Arabs will not be willing partners against the Islamic State unless we commit to protect them and the broader Syrian population against all enemies, not just ISIS.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Against Arabs Broader Central Commit Enemies Islamic Just Partners Population Problem Protect State Syria Syrian Them Unless Will Willing

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Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a lot of time in the forests of central Africa. I know they're beautiful places that contain a lot of different kinds of creatures, including some that carry Ebola.

~David Quammen

Topics: About Africa African American Beautiful Beautiful Places Carry Central Contain Creatures Dangerous Dangerous Place Different Different Kinds Forest Forests Including Kinds Know Lot Most Nothing Place Places Scary Seems Some Spent Spooky Them Time Very

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