If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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