Colin Powell Quotes

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?

Colin Powell

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I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.

Joe Strummer

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Michael had Neverland. It was his mission before Michael passed away to create a theme park, and we are taking over that mission.

Joe Jackson

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Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.

Andre Benjamin

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While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

John Podhoretz

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There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.

Stephen Mangan

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The iPhone was such a phenomenon that even the humble journalists chosen for an early look were thrust into a spotlight.

Steven Levy

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You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.

Trey Gowdy

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Despite all the evidence that Hispanics are not single-issue voters, Republican candidates are told that if they say harsh things about sanctuary cities, American jobs lost to illegal labor, or scandalous border security, Latino voters will punish them by voting Democrat.

Tom Tancredo

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I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated.

Jean Alesi

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When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.

Joshua Lederberg

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Confucius

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It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

Bonnie Raitt

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