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" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "
Colin Powell
United States
Greatest
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" Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. "
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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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" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "
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" Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. "
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" But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. "
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" Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. "
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" Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. "
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" My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. "
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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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" I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. "
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" In the last several years, I have been troubled by the right shift of the Republican party too far to the right. "
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" I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. "
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" Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must. "
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" In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is. "
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" It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. "
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" Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. "
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" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "
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" Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. "
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" There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with. "
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" The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny. "
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" Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. "
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" 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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" When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far. "
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" Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age. "
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" 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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" You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in. "
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" Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. "
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" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "
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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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