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I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said, 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan.' The only response can be, 'Yes, Mr. President.'

~David Petraeus

Topics: Afghanistan Any Asking Been Before Chief Command Commander Difficult Force International Me Moment Office Only Oval Oval Office Position President Response Said Security Take Turned Where Without Yes You Your Mr

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You cannot deal with an industrial-strength extremist problem just with force of arms. You have to have that political component as well.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Arms Cannot Component Deal Extremist Force Just Political Problem Well You

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It wasn't just Shia that would go to Tehran and see the commander of the Quds Force and others and the legitimate government leaders. It was also Kurdish leaders and Sunni Arabs who would even link up with Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force - maybe not in Tehran but in Turkey or somewhere else.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Also Arabs Commander Else Even Force Go Government Just Kurdish Leaders Legitimate Link Maybe Others See Somewhere Somewhere Else Turkey Up Who Would

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Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

~David Price

Topics: Faith Force Good Personal Powerful Powerful Force Public Public Good

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As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a force for good. Especially in this ever-more complex and difficult world.

~David Puttnam

Topics: Chosen Complex Difficult Duty Ensure Filmmakers Force Free Free Society Good Intelligent Medium Our Responsible Society Working World

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The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Club Conservation Doing Fact Faster Force Good Growing Grown Left Matter Must Powerful Powerful Force Right Sierra Since Something Than Very While

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Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it. You can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence.

~David Seabury

Topics: According Cannot Control Deny Disappears Even Expression Force Goes Guide Invite Life Love Nor Only Presence Qualities Those Will You

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I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.

~David Sedaris

Topics: Afternoon Became Day Did Ever Every Every Day First Force Had Identity Myself Part Since Started Then Thinking Twenty Without Writing Written

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Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

~David Soul

Topics: Accessible Always Been Beginning Door Driving Driving Force Feel Force Go Good Good Work Me New New Things Obligation Opens Personality Risks Since Sometimes Taking Taking Risks Things Through Trying Work I Feel

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Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Citizens Course Even Excessive Flowing Force Forests Gas Global Governments Indigenous Justice Keep Minerals Often Oil Poor Quick Reveals Rivers Study Too Use Wild Witness

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