“If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to th...” — Eric Shinseki Quote

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

It's tough never being right.

Well, let's assume the world is linear. If we required a certain amount of troops per 25,000 population in the Balkans, if the world is not radically different, something of the same extent is going to be needed in Iraq.

I spent five years working very hard to develop a relationship with the veterans' service organizations. We have together worked some major projects.

Any time you block a guy 30 times, it's not always going to be perfect.

In just my own neighborhood, you can't go one block without seeing a sign that says, you know, 'Everyone's welcome here,' 'Refugees are welcome here.' I love my Muslim neighbors, and so there is truly this spirit of generosity and compassion and openness that still exists.

Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating.

Political conservatives need to recognize that multicultural politics is converging with leftist politics, and not only on 'social issues' like same-sex marriage. Our Constitution is also on the chopping block, and if you don't see that, you haven't been paying attention.