Leon Panetta Quotes
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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I was a tomboy.
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The truth is, 'Charlie Hebdo' is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine.
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My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
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I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past.
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If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.
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We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.
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On grass, many players can be dangerous because one break can decide a whole set.
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I've never went into the studio looking for a certain direction for my next production. I make music that I enjoy and whatever flows in my head when I'm in the studio is how the track is going to turn out.
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The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
