The attorney general received FBI briefings, and challenged the FBI to do everything possible to confront the threat, ... He repeatedly asked them, 'What are you doing? What more can we do?'
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Related Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit... GERMANY KENT I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they... CHRISTINE GREGOIRE If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... When I know what to do, everything is so easy. LORRIN L. LEE Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends. ~WALT DISNEY Ongea unachoweza kutenda. ENOCK MAREGESI Attorney General Ashcroft and FBI director Mueller warned that intelligence from multiple sources- KEITH OLBERMANN ...he dreamed of being director of the FBI instead of attorney general. Considering some of the unsa... DEAN KOONTZ If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Do what you love doing. JULIANNA MARGULIES Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS Don’t waste your time trying to impress others to satisfy their ego. do what you love & love what ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER I understand what happened, and I understand the position the FBI took based upon the information th... WILLIAM LEAVITT What was the government doing? ... (FBI agents) had absolutely no regard of the lives of any of the ... RAMSEY CLARK The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. JIM HARRISON 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON As you can see, neither the CIA nor the FBI bother me, and I stay neutral with them. Whenever I can ... LUIS POSADA CARRILES Being able to do what you wish is the best thing in the world! SHIRO AMANO The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do. RICHIE NORTON You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do! JOHN PETERS He's doing what we asked him to do. He brought it all together and he made it more a continuum. DEBBIE RITCHIE We do not understand Commissioner Furmon's motivations in calling for an FBI investigation. Based up... TOM ROWE What you do will project you SOTONYE ANGA Some business coaches may disagree with me, but I wholeheartedly teach my community to start busines... KEVIN J. DONALDSON What we can do and what we have done, is improve the operations of our entire company so that we are... GLENN TILTON Just do what you love. This is what I am doing. ANGELIQUE KERBER Happiness is not about what you do, it's about how you do what you do. ROEL VAN SLEEUWEN If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in... SAM BROWNBACK Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA To do what you love can sometimes be stressful. TONI BRAXTON They are doing ... what we have asked them to do, which is to put a 'For sale' sign on the company, RICHARD SANDS Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossibl... SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Well, I think we're getting what we want, we're getting the information that's in it and getting the... DAN BURTON We are what we repeatedly do. ARISTOTLE Many are arrogant because of the knowledge they possess, but they have no knowledge of how arrogant ... MADDY MALHOTRA The jury exonerated us. They found the FBI to be the ones in violation of the law. The American publ... DARRYL CHERNEY When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out. JEFFREY FRY The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supp... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI You end up in FBI files with your name and your group's name because you're doing stuff. By and larg... JOHN MILLER Do what makes you feel like you belong. Be with whoever fills that void and makes you seem like no o... HAPPY FBI Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the imp... FRANCIS OF ASSISI The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we ar... HAROLD H. GREENE Do what you love and the money will follow. MARSHA SINETAR Each FBI employee understands that to defeat the key threats facing our nation, we must constantly s... JAMES COMEY He thought himself awake when he was already asleep. He saw the stars above his face, whirling on th... T.H. WHITE “You can’t do what You ONLY never tried to do.” MAGED MAHROUS What you do, say, and have reveal who you are. LORRIN L. LEE While I'm the Attorney General, we will address each issue with one question: What's the rig... JANET RENO I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE We are pleased the judge has ordered A.I.G. to share with Mr. Greenberg the report created under thr... HOWARD OPINSKY Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Governor Jeb Bush, Attorney General Charlie Crist, State Attorney Mark Ober, we are waiting. We are ... GABRIEL PENDAS After careful review and consultation with the FBI, we did not find the agent violated any FBI polic... GLENN FINE Well, it was hard to find anybody, but I called my high school boyfriend and said, 'Can you tell the... ALICE RIVLIN Wanting something badly even though it could hurt you," Bentley repeated. He looked up at the ceilin... NELLIE CHRISTINE 'My client hadn't done anything wrong. He basically was approached to do something wrong and he noti... JACK WOLF It's an allegation and we are cooperating with the FBI. LYNN MARTENSTEIN The FBI agent claimed he knew of such a call, and he wanted you to admit it. RICHARD WRIGHT It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND The spine of the FBI is the rule of law. The spine of the FBI is a commitment to doing the right thi... JAMES COMEY You'll see, you'll see and it's a much bigger story than you think. It's because the FBI lied. They ... DAVID FROST We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easie... ADAM COHEN The State Attorney is doing everything humanly possible to solve this isolated incident as quickly a... FELIPE DURAN Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow. PETER MCWILLIAMS Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more o... KINGSLEY AMIS She said, 'Oh, my God! What did I do?' I told her if the FBI wanted to get a hold of you, they'd kno... JAVIER SANTOYO Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric. KEVIN SYSTROM The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you d... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Basically the stores make it possible for us to do what we do here. We couldn't do everything we do ... JAMES SIMMONS Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once... CRAIG GROESCHEL What the attorney general is trying to do here is well intentioned. But this is only addressing part... CORY DAVIES Nixon and the FBI saw VVAW as a major, major threat to the United States, ... Home To War: A History... GERALD NICOSIA until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and... STEVE BUYER They just wanted to make her birthday special. This is what Chelsea wanted to do. MARSHA BERRY WHY YOU DO, is more important than WHAT YOU DO. RODNEY LOVELL Whether you're beginning with the foundation or you're finishing off the second story...the purposef... JOHN WAIRE We're aware of the threat, and we have seen what a health care issue/threat can do to the event busi... DAVID KORSE Even documented pledges by FBI bureaucrats to write threat assessments were never kept, and no one w... CHARLES GRASSLEY In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago... 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