#pursue

This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they'll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability. ↗

— David Petraeus

#against #al-qaeda #areas #capability #continue

I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older. ↗

— Rainey Qualley

#acting #allowed #always #arts #childhood

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#country #flows #group #interests #larger

The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction. ↗

— Salman Khan

#bored #day #direction #done #fans

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#choice #dad #did #distraction #feel

The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#bought #framework #gained #koreans #lot

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american dream #any #comes #cost #destroys

Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#deep #deep down #down #dream #football

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#approves #business #conduct #conscience #death

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#being #dream #dreams #falling #feels