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		The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pete Hoekstra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ibrahim Babangida 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Nastassja Kinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Henry Abbott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Iglesias 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Demarchelier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Beauty is in the heart of the beholder. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. G. Wells 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Graves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caitlin Moran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Philippe Rushton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kajol 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Young Jeezy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Robertson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gautama Buddha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Al Pacino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To shift America (and the world) to a cleaner energy economy, millions of people will have to go to work in new industries. This necessary shift opens up tremendous new opportunities for work and wealth creation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Van Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Throughout my career, I've realized that there are a lot of great opportunities out there to be associated with programming. It may have started elsewhere, as Crimson Petal did in the UK. So, our main strategy for Encore is to go through those types of partnership acquisitions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Albrecht 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to be remembered as iconic and different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				The Weeknd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pete Hoekstra