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One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism

community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't or because we've defeated him. Michael Scheuer The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. Robert Anthony One man's constant is another man's variable. Alan Perlis We're living proof that nice guys always finish last. Matthew Cooper I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to. Conrad Black
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and

philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. Isaac Asimov He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward. Harry Emerson Fosdick When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism. Jim Hightower Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fair to say we're not out looking for a large one, but I think it's also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never. Sanjay Kumar The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies. Tia Carrere
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As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying

when you don't work. It's very hard when you don't work. There have been times when I've been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna. Sandra Oh Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of. Amy Heckerling In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential. Richard G. Scott I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. Gerald Jampolsky As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others. Lord Byron
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One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why

try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me. Harriet Beecher Stowe The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world. Orison Swett Marden When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right! Glenn Hughes I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses. Carlos Santana You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma. Wanda Jackson
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt

for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. Matthew Arnold He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it. Mel Ott The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before. Carol P. Christ
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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea

grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another. Yo-Yo Ma Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking. Bill Vaughan Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age. Giacomo Leopardi It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. Ramakrishna You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don't have to. It's that simple. Phil Knight
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I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same

territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them. Richard Russo Art is life's dream interpretation. Otto Rank If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain? Tom Barrett This is God's world this is not the media's world. Terrell Owens Don't set your wit against a child. Jonathan Swift
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Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for

the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations. David R. Brower Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction. George W. Bush It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda. John Hope Franklin When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing. Jack Kevorkian In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died. Brion James
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The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and

abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children. Teresa Wright No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics. Evander Holyfield What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way. Mary Hunter Austin If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens. Grandma Moses I don't drink any more than the man next to me, and the man next to me is Dean Martin. Joe E. Lewis
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances,

but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too. Vaughn Monroe Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. Quintilian If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. Unknown In my next life, I want to be tall and thin, parallel park and make good coffee. But for now, I have lots of stuff to work out in my life, but I'll have that until the day I die. I want to write more books. Paula Danziger Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. Pablo Picasso
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I personally don't believe in aliens. But, I do believe that there is something out

there that is accountable for all these mysterious things that are going on: I think it is a spiritual thing not a material thing. J. T. Walsh The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. Brian Greene I trained myself to perform on the field. Steve Carlton To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions. Katharine Anthony I've worked with some incredibly difficult directors but my understanding is that a lot of the best people are driven from a place of being extremely challenging and dark within their way. Josh Lucas
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The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without

evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. Nancy Pelosi Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today. John Dryden Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is. Arthur Middleton We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded fraud, and put honest toil in power. Denis Kearney
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I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still

you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere. Rebecca Romijn Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror. Dean Koontz The freshest moments in my films have always been with unknown actors. John Singleton Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. Claude Debussy Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. Laurence J. Peter
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What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of

training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. Arnold Schwarzenegger Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. An Wang I don't know when network executives will get out of the Dark Ages. Connie Chung Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. Elias Canetti
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This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we

didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home. Jim Capaldi DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience. Bill Gates Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets. Max Baucus The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. Jose Eduardo dos Santos I think he came to the front door and rang the bell, and Maggie let him in, and he said he had forgotten his key; so I think she must have been down stairs. Lizzie Andrew Borden
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I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle,

and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon. Jules Verne What I love about 'The Chew' is that we have these celebrities come on, and you get to see them in a different light, cooking or enjoying food, when we usually don't see them in that setting. So it's a lot of fun for their fans to see them be normal people and having that commonality of food. Carla Hall I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver album!' I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out. Justin Vernon The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture. Alvar Aalto I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. Renzo Piano ...
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain

in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' Alan Alda But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic. Paul Bettany If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today. Steven Weber I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. Peter Ustinov I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off. Jack Paar Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. Imre Lakatos My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro. Brandi Carlile Every em...
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My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh

and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was! Lynn Johnston Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for. Charles Jencks I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution. Paul Lynde At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart. Ben E. King The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures. John Woolman My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. Lee Child My grandmother gave birth to 13 children and I come...
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy,

territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. Natan Sharansky The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. Michel de Montaigne You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes. Daniel Clowes In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God. Sun Myung Moon So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' Tommy Cooper If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there coul...
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My uncle inspired me, and it was because of him that I become a wrestler,

but besides him, the one Superstar that really caught my attention growing up as a kid was 'Macho Man' Randy Savage.Rey Mysterio It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened.Karen Handel Once you become president, you don't even have to stop for red lights. And if it looks like traffic's too bad, you just take a helicopter.H. W. Brands From Julia Child to 'The Galloping Gourmet' and the Food Channel and Cooking Channel, our fascination with the spectacle of cooking has been a mainstay of TV entertainment.Chuck Norris I want to love. I want to enjoy life.David Cassidy The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.William M. Daley I was set to confront the might of the ...
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I just try to keep the same people I've had around me from Day One.

Keep it a real small circle because if you do that, not too much is going to go bad for you. Kevin Love I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been. Billy Beane I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places. Maya Angelou I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future. Luke Mably To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems. John Eccles I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is. Rachel Zoe Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to...
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When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and

I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. Nina Simone Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. Kenneth Burke Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent. Jerry Lee Lewis In this day and time, with no competition you are really walking a tightrope. I mean you may think that no competition is good, but in reality no competition is really bad. Jerry Lawler I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. Stellan Skarsgard The wisest have the most authority. Plato Francis Webb is easily our gr...
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A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter -

all she said was, 'Hey, since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.' I was like, 'Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!' Zac Efron I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful. Barry Manilow I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous. Kate Moss An object imbued with intent - it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent - it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away. John Hockenberry I can't deny that some customers and prospects think it's ...
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Queen Latifah used to help me out with my kids, because while we

were all out on tour - Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Heavy D - when Public Enemy went onstage, I didn't have anybody solid to watch my kids. So, Latifah would help me out. Flavor Flav As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care. Steven Tyler In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course. Lucy Powell To clean your face thoroughly, even do a scrub, and let it sit and make sure your pores are clean before you go to club. If it sits on your face overnight, dirt just builds up. Even just laying there the ...
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The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them

about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness. Richard M. Daley The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. Steve Buyer I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time. John Dyer And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope. Adam Scott Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazaret...
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