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“The US is often the first to call for transparency and integrity in the reporting of other governments. It has never provided transparency or integrity in its reporting on the war in Iraq. It has downplayed the growth of the insurgency and other civil conflicts. It exaggerated progress in the development of Iraqi forces, and has reported meaningless macroecomic figures claiming 'progress' in the face of steadily deteriorating economic conditions for most Iraqis outside the Kurdish security zone, and does so in the face of almost incredible incompetence by USAID and the Corps of Engineers.”

“Iraqi Kurds, out of desperate necessity, have forged one of the most watchful and vigilant anti-terrorist communities in the world. Terrorists from elsewhere just can't operate in that kind of environment. Al Qaeda members who do manage to infiltrate are hunted down like rats. This conservative Muslim society did a better job protecting me from Islamist killers than the U.S. military could do in the Green Zone in Baghdad.”

“Here ah am in the junky's limbo; too sick tae sleep, too tired tae stay awake. A twilight zone ay the senses where nothing's real except the crushing, omnipresent misery n pain in your mind n body.”

Mind Real Body Pain Sleep Sick Tired Misery Senses Awake Crush Zone Twilight Limbo Twilight Zone

Book:Trainspotting

Source: Trainspotting

“Comfort zones are deadly zones because you lose your true potential of what you can be, you start going with the status quo.”

Loses Comfort Zone Be You Comfort Zone Status Quo True Potential

Author:Greg Plitt

“You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain a certain degree of anxiety, and a willingness to not know-and not even need to know. This ever widens and deepens your perspective. This is how you allow and encounter Mystery and move into the contemplative zone.”

Knows Needs Action Moving Certain Strong Grows Ability Mystery Perspective Degrees Anxiety Forgiving Tolerance Contemplation Encounters Zone Willingness Ambiguity Contemplative

Author:Richard Rohr

“As far as my personal nostalgia zone goes, I find I watch more of AntennaTV than anything else.”

Watches Nostalgia Zone

Author:Hank Stuever

“The groove can go for like three days - once I'm in it it will just keep going until I'm totally exhausted. But that's how I like to work, I like to be away from everyone and just get in the zone, and stay there for as long as I can keep it there.”

Long I Can Three Zone Keep Going Exhausted Groove

Author:Grimes

“Seeing any war through the distortion of comedy is healthy. There is just too much absurdity and irony at play in a combat zone not to pay attention to it. At least that's how it struck me; others may have had an entirely different war experience.”

May Different War Play Pay Attention Comedy Too Much Seeing Healthy Pay Attention Irony Zone Combat Absurdity Distortion

Author:Dave Abrams

“In trying to imagine this world, I kept coming back to Michel Aflaq. He's a Christian Arab, a Syrian, who ends up finding his home in Iraq and is buried there - I was stunned to see his tomb is right smack down in the Green Zone.”

World Trying Ends Home Christian Imagine This World Findings Green Iraq Zone Buried Coming Back Tombs Smack Stunned Green Zone

Author:Elliott Colla

“I do need to find inner tranquillity and get into a "zone" before I switch on the computer to work on a story. Only after this do I enter the story world, where I meet the characters and, together, we work through the day and night.”

World Needs Character Stories Together Night Computer Zone Day And Night Tranquillity

Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

“I can't believe the ignorance there, so I don't allow it to affect my life, I don't allow it to come into my zone, and it's not in my world, really.”

World Believe I Can Ignorance Zone

Author:Valerie June

“The minute you start arming people in these conflict zones, things don't go as expected. We also need to look at precedent before making these decisions. Instead of listening to Muammar Qaddafi's rhetoric, we should look at how he's behaved. The fact is he's been making concessions recently. He gave up his nuclear weapons. He allowed hundreds of Americans to evacuate Tripoli. Did he crack down on his people who revolted? Yes, but that's not so unusual.”

People Needs Should Looks Facts Decision Minutes Listening Conflict Weapons Expected Nuclear Zone Cracks Unusual Nuclear Weapons Rhetoric Gave Up Precedent Concessions

Author:Michael Hastings

“I feel because I am never in my comfort zone I have an advantage.”

Feels Comfort Advantage Zone Comfort Zone

Author:Matthew Zapruder

“For me, every human is a little bit an exaggerated version of a real human - in most cases, they are versions of myself. I am someone deeply motivated by extremes - the poles not only become home for me, but they also become, strangely, my comfort zones.”

Humans Littles Real Home Bits Cases Comfort Little Bit Extremes Versions Zone Coming Home Motivated Comfort Zone Exaggerated Real Human

Author:Porochista Khakpour

“The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.”

Comfort Overcoming Zone Comfort Zone Fear Of Failure Stretching Stretching Yourself

Author:Carmen Ejogo

“I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing.”

People Thinking Mean Whole Song Good Things Albums Zone Iphone Skip Favorite Song

Author:Stephen Malkmus

“Artists get to step outside their comfort zone a 'lil bit and we get some great songs!!”

Artist Song Bits Steps Comfort Zone Comfort Zone

Author:Matt Squire

“I can't just go up to people standing in the snow at the German-Austrian border and ask them: "Are you an Islamist?" When people flee to us from war zones, we first have to help. But we also have to be quick to look very closely at who it is that is coming.”

People Firsts Looks I Can War Helping Asks Standing Snow Borders Zone Islamists War Zones

Author:Alice Schwarzer

“We have no other choice but to go on managing the conflict. We propose a stability plan: We want to strengthen the Palestinian Authority economically and establish mutual industrial zones and help them to develop independent energy capabilities, enabling the Palestinians to live their lives independently and have a future. This is where the European States should invest, not in NGOs that harm Israel.”

Want Should States Helping Choices Energy Plans Goes On Conflict Authority Independent Israel Harm Zone Mutual Stability Capability Palestinian Propose Enabling

Author:Ayelet Shaked

“I think in Baghdad, any westerner, journalist or not, has a big dollar sign on his or her forehead. So, first and foremost, you are a ticket to unimaginable wealth. And that makes any trips out of the safe zones very risky.”

Thinking Firsts Bigs Wealth Safe Dollars Journalist Zone Tickets Foreheads Unimaginable Baghdad Westerners

Author:Yaroslav Trofimov

“When I get into a zone, I obsess and I don't care about anything else. I have to make the work.”

Care Don't Care I Don't Care Zone

Author:Kesh

“It's good to do things that are out of the norm. I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in my own little comfort zone, but you have to reach out of that sometimes. And when you do that, you grow. And growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. And that's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?"”

Want Needs Littles Sometimes Today Grows Growth My Own Habit Comfort Creatures Strive Yesterday Get Better Each Day Zone Ritual Reach Out Comfort Zone Norm Creatures Of Habit

Author:LaToya Jackson

“What I did find out because I grew up with a lot of chaos early on: sometimes, you're born into a family, and their norm is already in your red zone of dangerous feeling or feeling too chaotic. You don't get to really do anything about that when you're a kid.”

Sometimes Feelings Kids Born Dangerous Grew Grew Up Red Chaos Zone Norm Chaotic

Author:Patricia Arquette

“With good planning, Africa can have cities, farms, factories, export processing zones. But if the political will is there, the huge areas - the Serengeti, the Okavango, the Kalahari, Kruger - these wonderful, huge places for wildlife could still be set aside and protected, and be treasures for humanity for many generations to come.”

Ifs Stills Political Humanity Cities Wonderful Generations Huge Areas Planning Treasure Zone Farms Factories Protected Wildlife Processing Political Will Good Planning

Author:Patrick Bergin

“I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction of lives and hopes, the emotional trauma, and the economic, social, and political marginalization of the displaced, the human insecurity, with real and potentially devastating consequences over generations, in ever-widening arenas of conflict. We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.”

“In order to handle emotional pain I cry. I vent. I zone out in front of the TV to escape. Then, after I allow myself to feel it and be human, I try my best to put things in perspective and start moving forward again. I consciously focus on my blessings and remember what has gotten me through my past struggles: my faith and the belief that everything happens for a reason.”

“I was charging forward too hard, into too many war zones, working too long, drinking too heavily, pushing forward, pushing forward. And who knows, had this not happened, maybe I would have been one of the casualties as a journalist covering the war. Who knows, maybe I would have been captured and tortured somewhere along the line, because I always pushed things to the limit.”

Knows Long Has Beens War Hard Lines Happened Limits Drinking Journalist Zone Pushing Captured Covering Casualties Charging War Zones Pushing Forward

Author:Brad Willis

“Being with my family and loved ones makes me feel vulnerable. Speaking my truth and then being that in action. Leaving my comfort zone but knowing that risk is going to create something beautiful. I believe I have come to good terms with my vulnerability. I welcome it now, where I didn't in the past.”

Feels Believe Action Past Beautiful I Believe Term Knowing Risk Comfort My Family Leaving Welcome Vulnerable Vulnerability Zone Loved Ones Comfort Zone Something Beautiful My Truth

Author:Dash Mihok

“Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.”

Actors Challenges Comfort Including Zone Comfort Zone New Challenges

Author:Robert Redford

“Deleted scenes are like in a middle gray zone. It's like, well, they're deleted because they're not good or you lost the battle and you couldn't put them in the movie.”

Wells Lost Middle Scene Battle Zone Gray

Author:Neill Blomkamp

“Putin has succeeded in many ways in making Russia an essential player there. He seems to have stabilized the Assad regime. And he has limited the options for the U.S. and its allies, you know. He has air control over a significant amount of territory. And he can prevent the allies from establishing a no-fly zone there.”

Knows Way Seems Player Air Amount Essentials Significant Russia Zone Territory Allies Regimes Putin Assad

Author:Corey Flintoff

“You need to make sure you're going exactly where your guy goes in press coverage. In zone, you can read the quarterback and his eyes a bit to determine where he's going. You don't get the opportunity in press coverage to read the quarterback, so it's all on you.”

Needs Eye Guy Opportunity Bits Presses Determine His Eyes Zone Coverage Quarterback

Author:Antonio Cromartie

“For me, my favorite scenes, when I'm in my comfort zone, are the fighting scenes Those are my favorite to do, so I'd love to have more of those.”

Fighting Comfort Scene My Favorite Zone Comfort Zone

Author:Steven R. McQueen

“My step-dad started playing hockey in Detroit so we moved and I had to start home school. I started watching movies since I had a bunch of free time and then I was like, 'You know what? I want to give this a shot, move back to L.A., and audition.' The first show I booked was a show called Threshold with Carla Gugino and it was obviously a terrifying experience and I felt out of my comfort zone, but it made me want to keep going because it was fun.”

“We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the euro zone. The others would be those who are interested in the continued development of the common market, but reject the idea of an ever stronger political integration.”

Needs Ideas Country Would Be Together Moving Political Common Development Stronger Speed Moving Forward Faster Zone Rejects Integration Euro European Countries

Author:Paolo Gentiloni

“always had the thought I could attract abundance. When I wrote the book Your Erroneous Zones back in the '70s, I absolutely knew the book was going to do well, but it wasn't a goal at all. I just went out there and started doing something I really loved.”

Wells Book Goal Abundance Zone

Author:Wayne Dyer

“The life changing moment for me what the first time I went to a war zone and that was Sierra Leone. I took two weeks, eleven years ago and I went. I wasn't an Ambassador or anything I just asked to go and I was allowed to go. It was like someone smacked me in the face.”

Years Firsts Two War Moments Faces Week First Time Years Ago Life Changing Zone Eleven Two Weeks Ambassadors Sierra War Zones Sierra Leone

Author:Angelina Jolie

“You need to get out of your comfort zone, return to the Midwest, see some family, and, as cheesy as it sounds, work the land - plant some trees, maybe take up watercolor.”

Needs Sound Tree Land Return Comfort Plant Zone Comfort Zone Cheesy Midwest Watercolors

Author:Lissie

“I want to push myself to be brave and out of my comfort zone, but I guess I stay in my comfort zone knowing I have my family close by.”

Want Knowing Comfort My Family Brave Zone Comfort Zone Be Brave

Author:Lissie

“Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety.”

Zone Inviting Entirety

Author:Rem Koolhaas

“Whenever I go to a new city, in order to help get on the right time zone and actually get a chance to see that city, I like running.”

Helping Running Order Chance Cities Zone Right Time Time Zones

Author:Mark Zuckerberg

“I can't say that there's a common practice that has to do with pitch language or with the way pieces are put together because today, anything is fair game. As far as I'm concerned, my own common practice is a piece that engages the attention of listeners from beginning to end, and doesn't rely on or expect the listener to zone out.”

Way I Can Ends Today Together Games Language My Own Common Attention Practice Pieces Concerned Fairs Rely Zone Listeners Fair Game

Author:Paul Lansky

“When I'm in the studio I just try to zone out and not think of whatever is in the industry, if it sounds too much like someone else, I have a tendency to erase it.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Sound Too Much Industry Studios Tendencies Zone Erase

Author:Rahki

“I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where they're going to learn from each other, and that's where they're going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.”

Asks Black White Comfort Hollywood Zone Comfort Zone Better Place

Author:Russell Simmons

“Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all their countries like we bank across states. But that concept got killed for a whole bunch of reasons that I won't get into. That was a good concept, by the way. It may yet return, because there are huge economies of scale in banking. That's another thing people don't quite get.”

People Way May Country States Reason Whole Common Economy Huge Return Concepts Scales Bunch Zone Banking Euro

Author:Jamie Dimon

“The distraction, particularly of technology, impedes the innovative process. And when you add to that the distraction of working with colleagues who are in different time zones and/or who have a different approach to urgency and distraction, the potential for losing focus is abundant.”

Different Process Technology Focus Approach Losing Add Zone Distraction Colleagues Innovative Urgency Different Times Different Approach Time Zones Losing Focus

Author:David Livermore

“When my physicality is involved, it's kind of my comfort zone, so I find it much easier to access emotions.”

Kind Emotion Involved Easier Comfort Access Zone Comfort Zone Physicality

Author:Zoe Bell

“I just started to understand my craft, what I wanted to do as an artist. It's just a growing process. Figuring out exactly what I wanted to do and obviously I toured a whole bunch. I did a lot of song writing for other people and then just settled back into my zone.”

People Writing Whole Wanted Artist Song Process Growing Bunch Crafts Zone

Author:Young De

“I received a wonderful email after I spoke at a school from a girl who'd lived in a war zone and endured horrors no human being should suffer, let alone a child. This young lady was fortunate to be bought to Britain and seemed to adjust well, but suddenly found herself falling off the rails and sliding into hell when I chatted to her. In her letter, she told me the difference that I'd made. She's now 20 years old and a fashion designer employing staff and she puts her work ethic down purely to talking to me. It's my most treasured letter.”

“There's things people say in the barbershop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those zones where nobody's going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.”

People Rooms Opinion Too Much Judging Dumb Just One Zone Living Room Barbershop

Author:Ice Cube

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