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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There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.
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My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer.
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My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.
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It is exactly the unattainability, which differentiates a dream from a goal: Goals are reachable, when you fight for them. Dreams are not. Athletes shouldn't dream, but set goals for themselves and fight for them.
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So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
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We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.
