John O. Brennan Quotes
U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'
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I'm quite good at not writing.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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Maybe guys also have insecurities, but in a sporting arena, they keep it to themselves. I can't do that.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
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I always give importance to scripts first, and remuneration is something that comes later.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.
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In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.
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The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.
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Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
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Air pollution is my biggest concern right now. Maybe because I live in Beijing, and in this city we have such severe challenges due to bad air quality. It has affected our daily lives and health. I do not go outdoors because of it. I desperately hope that we can improve the current situation.
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My brother is a screenwriter. He likes to say, 'I like to take on a genre when it's dying, because then people are ready for you to shake it up a little bit.'
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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers.
