John O. Brennan Quotes
Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.
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In the modern era, our nation experienced constant hardship and difficulties. The Chinese nation reached the most dangerous period. Since then, countless people with lofty ideals to realise the great revival of the Chinese nation rose to resist and fight, but failed one time after another.
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My father was a Foreign Service officer, a diplomat and an Arabist who spent virtually all his career in the Near East, as it was called in the State Department. So I spent most of my childhood among the Israelis and the Arabs of Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame.
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Fas est et ab hoste doceri.
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It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.
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Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.
