Brent Scowcroft Quotes
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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.
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I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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I would like to do something to help people and help the world.
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The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
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'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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Black is not a color.
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Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.
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I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.
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It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
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I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.
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The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
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All of my work is sort of fed by a question, a need to understand the world and why the world is what it is.
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth.
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Reality, by itself, becomes a story by Philip K. Dick.
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Poetry can do a lot of things to people. I mean it can improve your imagination. It can take you to new places. It can give you this incredible form of verbal pleasure.
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People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.
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We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.