John O. Brennan Quotes
Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world.
Quotes to Explore
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.
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We are truly the land of the great. From the rock shores of... Hawaii... to the beautiful sandy beaches of... Hawaii... America is our home.
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Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world.
