John O. Brennan Quotes
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.
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A reader's own imagination is a far more powerful form of CGI than anything any movie can provide because it's unique. In your own imagination, you can enter all sorts of worlds, and they are unique to you because no other reader will interpret a book the same way.
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Reagan's legacy is so powerful because he identified the state as the central issue in American politics.
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My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.
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I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.
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By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.
