John O. Brennan Quotes
The CIA has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what the CIA refers to as 'enhanced interrogation tactics,' and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.
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Governments must ensure that the power of blogs is cultivated and implemented in collaborative ways, with a view to preserve peace and human dignity.
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Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed.
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Coffee is my water now.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.
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Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
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Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.
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It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music.
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'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.
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I find most modern country virtually unlistenable. I can't relate to the music or the lyrics.
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When families save, they can get through emergencies like a bad harvest or a medical emergency. But it's more than that. They can also plan for the future, gradually saving up for a small business or for their children's school tuition.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.
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I was blessed with blonde hair and a baby face - well, I don't know if you'd call that blessed - I don't even remember when I started shaving.
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The CIA has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what the CIA refers to as 'enhanced interrogation tactics,' and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures.
