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" It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. "
Colin Powell
Morning
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Better
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" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "
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" It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' "
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" 90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. "
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" Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. "
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" Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that puts no American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets. "
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" You don't know what you can get away with until you try. "
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" Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. "
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Never
" Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind. "
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" The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. "
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Peace
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" Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together. "
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" Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. "
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Education
Children
" Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. "
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Tough
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" What we have to find is the right level of regulation of our financial system so that it has the incentive to invest in things, but at the same time, it is sufficiently regulated so it can't get in the kind of trouble that we have seen in the past and we have seen recently. "
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Find
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Time
" When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. "
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Government
You
Responsibility
" When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far. "
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Thinks
Friends
Too
" Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? "
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Will
Child
World
" You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible. "
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Know
War
End
" I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. "
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Matters
Strong
Myself
" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "
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Hard Work
Determination
Dreams
" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "
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Hard
Work
Hard Work
" If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. "
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Attitude
Going
Habit
" Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is. "
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" President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he's a liar. "
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Know
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" Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. "
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Look
World
United
" I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. "
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Army
Born
College
" We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. "
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Work
Place
" It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. "
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" Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. "
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Hard Work
Success
" Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. "
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Solution
Argument
" You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy. "
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Just
Voting
Political