Mike Jackson Quotes

• The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just have to do the work.

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  Broken, Hard

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• You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

  Mike Jackson

  People, Soldier, Mind

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• Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

  Mike Jackson

  Military, Campaigns, Friction

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• A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

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  Race, Want, Stuff

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• Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

  Mike Jackson

  Soldier

  "Disabled soldier's pay-out victory" by Ned Temko, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2007.

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• Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

  Mike Jackson

  Lunch, Missing, World

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• We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is very sobering for everybody. I don't take this lightly at all not at all.

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  Morning, Reality, Thinking

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• You know, never say never.

  Mike Jackson

  Never Say Never, Knows

  Source: deadline.com

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• The Russians are a very sentimental people.

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  People, Sentimental

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• It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

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  Philosophy, Army, Goes On

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• Technology's become the great prism for what's going on in the world.

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  Technology, World, Prisms

  Source: deadline.com

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• Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

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  Crazy, United States, Looks

  Source: deadline.com

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• If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.

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  Moving, Tribes, Stills

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• Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas. I mean, that to me is very clear.

  Mike Jackson

  Taken, Mean, Resolution

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• Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.

  Mike Jackson

  War, World, Dimensions

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• Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

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  Important, Profession

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• Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

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  Soldier, Months, Figures

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• I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.

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  Struggle, Thinking, Race

  Source: deadline.com

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• There's just so much negativity that surrounds sub-cultures of people in the USA, and I think the fact that technology has caught up, we're going to capture a lot of these moments and share them with the world.

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  Technology, Thinking, Usa

  Source: deadline.com

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• I think a lot of people think that just because you have a celebrity attached to your company, that all things are easy. I don't have a stat to back this up, but my experience has shown me that more often than not, celebrity production companies fail.

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  Thinking, People, Failing

  Source: deadline.com

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• I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

  Mike Jackson

  Trying, Ministry, Problem

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• Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.

  Mike Jackson

  America, Force, Command

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