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COLIN POWELL I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
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DONALD RUMSFELD The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling...
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CASPAR WEINBERGER Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.
HANNAH STORM I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
JOSE AZNAR I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
JOSE MARIA AZNAR Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin...
CAMERON RUSSELL Colin Powell has said over the years that Saddam Hussein is like a toothache. It recurs from time to...
ELAINE SCIOLINO I think it still brings a lot of the same lessons that it brought 20 years ago. It's a snapshot of t...
CHARLES FULLER Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U...
KITTY KELLEY What is hard for us to understand well, and hard for me to explain to Secretary (of State Colin) Pow...
JOSEPH PRUEHER Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
BUDDHA We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.
ALFRED ADLER One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are si...
JAMES C. HUMES One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are si...
JAMES HUMES The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist must tel...
GERALD MOOR It's so tedious that everyone must be defined.
MORRISSEY The market is taking it as sign that war will be delayed. But I'd rather wait for the Powell rebutta...
ANAIS FARAJ They may think that all military officers are George Patton, but what about Colin Powell? We're real...
ALAN ROGERS I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word w...
CAM NEWTON Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious
PROVERB Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I ...
SALLY QUINN It'll come. When it does, that's when he'll be doubly dangerous.
STEVE YOUNG One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. ...
SIMON SINEK When I'm looking for a leader who's gonna sit across the negotiating table from a nuclear Ir...
ROBERT JEFFRESS There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas a...
JERRY REINSDORF Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
MATTHEW SHIPP It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.
JILL SOLOWAY Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
ZHANG YIMOU The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.
GEORGE A. SHEEHAN I love the sea, and I never mind when it's rough.
ROBERT STIGWOOD When the crying child is immediately isolated, and it is explained to him at the same time that whoe...
ELLEN KEY Today Joe Mehlman's grandson is proud to be chairman of the party of Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Booker...
KEN MEHLMAN If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ult...
DAK PRESCOTT Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing wha...
ROSA PARKS If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who rec...
JOHN C. MAXWELL President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many peop...
MICHAEL CRAPO I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!
TARON EGERTON Everyone should have hair. When you get dressed up, you must do that last whip of hair spray, or lif...
CHARLES NELSON REILLY In 2002 and 2003, the Bush administration decided against bombing Zarqawi's camp in northern Ira...
JOBY WARRICK We have to be vigilant, but you can't predict where or how or when [terrorists] will try.
ANDY HAYMAN Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. Y...
KAREN ABBOTT The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno...
NATALIE MARTINEZ There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are iron...
DAN SAVAGE The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.
MICHELLE M. PILLOW When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
LAO TZU Education must be aimed at creating a wider imagination in the child, not at suppressing. The child&...
HENRY WILLIAMSON Even when you've got the tools in place, it's something you want to be vigilant about.
ANDREW LOCHART Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward.
ED O'BRIEN The fundamental needs of man – food, drink, women and dance – were never exhausted or dulled in ...
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS We've just asked everyone to be more vigilant and asked property owners to make sure their carport a...
JEFF PRICE Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assign...
VIKTOR E. FRANKL But he is not confirmed yet and we must remain vigilant, ... We must help make the case.
CHRIS MYERS It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk y...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE The fact is that no one is hated openly so much as one who is true to oneself consistently and no on...
ANUJ SOMANY It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when -...
BILL OWENS A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy ...
LESLIE LUDY A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.
OSWALD MOSLEY Before a race, I block out what's going on in the stadium. It's different for everyone. But ...
ALLYSON FELIX This is fresh in everyone?s mind.
DENISE MARSHALL A leader must be taught or made to know the importance of justice for the people.
SUNDAY ADELAJA Never believe it because the news or media tells you, dig deep and keep an open mind, it's very impo...
SEAN CROSBY I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surround...
LEONA LEWIS Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader com...
DESMOND TUTU Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader ...
PARK GEUN-HYE I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must r...
TADASHI YANAI There must be millions of people all over the world who never get any love letters . . . I could be ...
CHARLIE BROWN While the requirements of a good leader and a good man are similar, the requirements of a good leade...
DEBORAH TANNEN If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a ...
MICHAEL PORTER I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things...
HARRY BELAFONTE I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. ...
MOTHER JONES I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.
DAVE EGGERS Everyone's a geek in some way or other. Everyone's an outsider.
JESSE EISENBERG When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner o...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If there's anything you absolutely hate, why, it must be unconstitutional. Or, if there's an...
ANTONIN SCALIA While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyranni...
BILL SHUSTER I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, whe...
CATHERINE JINKS For America's economic future to remain prosperous, we must encourage pro-growth policies so tha...
JOHN ENSIGN Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America...
DON YAEGER I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyon...
RICHARD GERE The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what h...
VINCE LOMBARDI The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
OLEG CASSINI I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone h...
MARK RUFFALO Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it'...
CURTIS SITTENFELD Bill Powell is the only intelligent actor I've ever met.
CAROLE LOMBARD After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominat...
RUSH LIMBAUGH My favorite all-time artist... I would say, I think that must be Sigur Ros, I love that band. It'...
TIESTO Any great leader must be a servant & any servant can be a great leader.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) What I love about photography, and it's the same thing I love about acting, really, is that it f...
JESSICA LANGE All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
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COLIN POWELL This is very regrettable
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COLIN POWELL if your life is not better.
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COLIN POWELL Remain calm. Be kind.
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Any time you tolerate...
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COLIN POWELL The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
COLIN POWELL the level of a mammoth new campaign.
COLIN POWELL We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
COLIN POWELL Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
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