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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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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Rome is possibly my favorite city in the world. I have such fond memories there - most of them food related.
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I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.
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When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.
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I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.
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In the fossil record of our existence, there is no trace of love. You cannot find it held in the earth's crust, waiting to be discovered. The long bones of our ancestors show nothing of their hearts. Their last meal is sometimes preserved in peat or in ice, but their thoughts and feelings are gone.
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“A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician.”
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.
