Colin Powell Quotes

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.

Colin Powell

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SchoolCollegeArmyBornOutBronx

He was an Italian kid traveling in China, and I'm of Italian decent with a fascination for China. So, I always felt this connection to him and lived vicariously through the travels of Marco Polo.

John Fusco

ConnectionKidHimAlwaysChina

I'm a 'bright, shiny objects' guy. I'm always looking for what's next.

Andrew Zimmern

LookingBrightAlwaysNextGuy

I have been requesting the government because it is the government which has to allocate the land to build public courses. I am willing to meet the minister and discuss ways to make courses public and more accessible to the regular sports enthusiasts.

Jeev Milkha Singh

SportsGovernmentI AmMeetLand

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

TrueOnlyHowLaterOftenMakes

In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogation was legal, necessary and saved lives.

Jose Rodriguez

DetailBookLegalShortInformation

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Diane Abbott

TimeVisitingLocalLotSpend

If you lift the romantic element out of my plots, you still have fully formed mysteries. In the same fashion, if you pull the mystery out of a historical romance, you are left with a perfectly satisfying story.

Deanna Raybourn

RomanticFashionStoryMysteryYou

I love meat and vegetables. If I did a diet, I would do Paleo, except they have no cheese, which is very upsetting. I'm going to start my own Chrissy diet that's like Paleo plus cheese. Plus late Saturday night drive-through.

Chrissy Teigen

LoveNightStartDietSaturdayLate

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Anne Lamott

VoiceOppressorPerfectionism

I was a grade B housewife, maybe a B minus. But when I got time to write, I would be unable to finish a sentence. I had anxiety attacks. Partly it was a way of personifying the situation because I couldn't breathe. I was surrounded by people and by duties. I was a housewife and the children's mother, and I was judged on how I performed those roles.

Alice Munro

MotherChildrenTimePeopleAnxiety

It is one of the best clubs in the world by far. I'm loving Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola

BestCityWorldLovingFarClubs

If you decide to move to L.A. like, 'I'm just gonna see if it works, and if nothing works I'm gonna go back in a year, two years' - very, very few people with that attitude are successful. You need to make a commitment to this and say, 'This is who I am, and this is what I do.'

Sean Gunn

AttitudeCommitmentI AmPeopleYear

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