Richard Ben-Veniste Quotes

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them.

Richard Ben-Veniste

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 3, 1943

Topics

IntelligenceFindTwoDisasterWell

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

Joan Miro

ColorsProcessDetailsAliveNow

You have to let the costume inform you.

Melissa Leo

YouCostumeInform

If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character.

Mekhi Phifer

CharacterYourselfSayingYouBad

I have sane friends, solvent friends, foodie friends, and friends who can take time off in the week, but I don't know one single person who ticks all those boxes.

John Lanchester

TimeFriendsWeekPersonKnowTake

If you have a workforce that enjoys each other, they trust each other, they trust management, they're proud of where they work - then they're going to deliver a good product.

Jeff Smisek

WorkGoodTrustManagementProud

Understand this - as a new company, if you don't know how to get interested prospects into your company, then you don't have a company. At the same time, if you, as a owner, have to drive every lead into your business, then you need a real lead generation strategy.

Michael Gerber

BusinessTimeDriveGenerationYou

I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.

Stephen Malkmus

LifePeopleBlameStupidAmerican

In this age, if the currency of a major nation collapses, or its access to borrowing ends, it just can't function.

Roger Altman

AgeNationBorrowingFunctionJust

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

Rutherford B. Hayes

GoodMenMorePraiseUnjustThan

Consciousness is a disease.

Miguel de Unamuno

ConsciousnessDisease

NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

Juan Williams

TruthI AmPeopleMeAirplaneWorry

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

Dee Hock

LearningFutureUnderstandingYou

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