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.

Mike Jackson

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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.

morning reality thinking

You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to... by Mike Jackson

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

soldier mind people

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

friction campaigns military

The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just h... by Mike Jackson

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

hard broken

The Russians are a very sentimental people. by Mike Jackson

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

sentimental people

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not? by Mike Jackson

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

profession important

Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operation... by Mike Jackson

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

figures months soldier

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

race want stuff

Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national... by Mike Jackson

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

command force america

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world. by Mike Jackson

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

lunch missing world

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

army goes-on philosophy

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.

united-states crazy looks

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-co... by Mike Jackson

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

dimensions war world

If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tri... by Mike Jackson

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

tribes stills moving

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.

ministry problem trying

Technology's become the great prism for what's going on in the wo... by Mike Jackson

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

prisms technology world

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier. by Mike Jackson

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

soldier

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.

resolution taken mean

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.

race struggle thinking

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.

usa technology thinking