quotes about Quagmire
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At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
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Speculation in land may be necessary to capitalism, but speculative orgies periodically become a quagmire of destruction for capital itself.
-- David HarveySource : "The Limits to Capital". Book by David Harvey, 2006 VERSO Edition,
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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
-- George Soros -
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
-- James Joyce -
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Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation.
-- Jean Parker -
Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.
-- Mike TysonSource : "Mike Tyson: 'You Have To Feel Comfortable Being Uncomfortable'". Interview with David J. Parnell, www.forbes.com. November 18, 2014.
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My nature is a quagmire of unresolved confessions.
-- Robert CreeleySource : Robert Creeley (1966). “Poems 1950-1965”
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American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.
-- Sarah VowellSource : Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
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Creation out of absolute nothing is a metaphysical quagmire for theists anyway, since nothing must at least have the potentiality for becoming something. Since theists are stuck with potentiality, it might as well be something like a quantum vacuum.
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MSN became a quagmire, partly because of Microsoft's hubris.
-- Donald Clark -
I say openly that I am an anti-war person, with the point being, show me some reason not to be against this war. You have to be sort of asleep at the switch not to be critical of it. And the parallel between one quagmire we went through in Vietnam and the one we're in now is clear for everybody to see.
-- Seymour HershSource : Source: www.progressive.org