Leon Panetta Quotes

When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

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• I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a certain thing, maybe it's a vulnerability, maybe an innocence, maybe another way is sexy and soulful or bluesy whatever it is, but with singers, exploring keys, I think, is important.

  

  Idina Menzel
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• I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • People
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• From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Family
  • Kids
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• Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
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• One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

  

  Jack Henry Abbott
  • Up
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• The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Easy
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• Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Important
  • Hope
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• There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • World
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• I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • People
  • Home
  • Think

• Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Done
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• Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.

  

  Yael Grobglas
  • Fun
  • Films
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• I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • Believe
  • Potential
  • Facebook

• My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.

  

  Ram Charan
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• I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Life
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• IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.

  

  A. N. Wilson
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• To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Feeling
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• Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Happy
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• I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

  

  Abba Eban
  • War
  • History
  • Peace

• The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Party
  • Beauty
  • Democratic

• The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging, but it keeps you fresh. There's never any fear of getting stale in your performance.

  

  Kevin Chamberlin
  • Fear

• Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

  

  J. Donald Walters
  • Opportunity
  • Leadership

• 'iCarly' was one of my first major jobs, actually. I went into that audition and completely failed at it. I completely bombed... I forgot my lines. When I forget my lines, I kind of get angry. They had me do it again; I remembered them, and I booked it.

  

  Matthew Moy
  • Angry

• People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

  

  John Oliver
  • People
  • Up
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• When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

  

  Leon Panetta
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