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Colin Powell

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Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.
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Let the magic unfold...
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Time is a teacher which in the end it kills all it's students. (Synchronicity 2015 Film)
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
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called Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on Iran.
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Sometimes shit's gotta be done and I just fuckin' do it!
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Why are you suggesting something… then deny to tell the whole thing?
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The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
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You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want...
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What is hard for us to understand well, and hard for me to explain to Secretary (of State Colin) Pow...
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Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.
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It is a lie.
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Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake.
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If you can do it, why you won't do it???
If you have chance why you won't use it?
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It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it.
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If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it.
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We started a thing called the Global Developmental Alliance -- Secretary [of State Colin] Powell ann...
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The value of routine; trusting your swing.
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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
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Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.
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If you can dream it, you can do it.
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In the end it's about the work, not an award you get for the work.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
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Be curious, ask questions
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It is what it is, it is what you make it.
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It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
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Let me finish my beer." (Stark)
"Of course. The end of the world can wait.(Kasabian)
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Never wrestle with a pig. You both get all dirty, and the pig likes it.
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I'm thankful because all the hard work and sacrifices were worth it in the end.
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It's not the end of the world to lose.
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At the end of the day, I'm a man.
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The U.N. has proved to be a useful tool for the U.S..
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Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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If you turn out to be useful as well as ornamental, you can stay forever.
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if your life is not better.
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All the options you can imagine are before us.
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No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
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You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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We have had serious disagreement in recent months, ... I am not going to paper over it and pretend i...
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Remain calm. Be kind.
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If he feels it is that important an assertion to make, he ought to list some names,
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I am pleased to hear that decrees have now been issued that should have been issued years and years ...
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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they...
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The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate...
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The plan that is out there -- A, B and C -- is the Mitchell report, ... It calls for a cessation of ...
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You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people. You will own all their hopes, aspirations ...
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We will be with you in this current crisis and in the future,
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We want that. But we can't do it in a hurried manner before the Iraqis are prepared to discharge tho...
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Now, if the sources fell apart, then we need to find out how we've gotten ourselves in that position...
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We know that there are occasions that arise when terrorists are coming in, and we know a bomb is hea...
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there was reason for guarded optimism. And let us be clear about what brought it all to a halt -- te...
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There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfe...
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I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a d...
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It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi...
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seeing some convergence of views.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
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the level of a mammoth new campaign.
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We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
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Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
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