John O. Brennan Quotes
As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I am highly distressed and offended by what Donald Trump has been saying, and I don't think his nomination is good for the country. I think he would be a terrible president and terrible for our country.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I am only about winning and getting better.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.
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Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.
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We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
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Recovery is really important.
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As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.
