John O. Brennan Quotes
The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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Ideas come mostly bottoms-up. They come when you have a free flow of ideas and you have people able to combine multiple ideas into one concept... And you've got to have competition, too. You've got to say, 'We're going to have 10 different ideas, nine of them are going to fail, and the one that does the best is going to move forward.'
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
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My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.
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There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.
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I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.
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I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief.
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I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
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In art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.
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To some people I'll always be the bad guy.
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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
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I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.
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I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.
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The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.
