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		Mr. Chairman, on September 11, we were attacked by terrorists who took advantage of weaknesses in our border security. After infiltrating our country, the terrorists were able to conceal their real identities, and thereby plot their attacks without fear of being apprehended.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jim Ryun 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barton Gellman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My schedule is so crazy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. J. Watt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Quaid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamara Tunie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iris Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Fleetwood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jocko Willink 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karin Slaughter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Nelson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carolina Herrera 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Mr. Chairman, on September 11, we were attacked by terrorists who took advantage of weaknesses in our border security. After infiltrating our country, the terrorists were able to conceal their real identities, and thereby plot their attacks without fear of being apprehended. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jim Ryun