David Ignatius Quotes

The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence. It's not a very good spy agency, but it's good at running covert action.

David Ignatius

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I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

Jimmy Rushing

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People believe practice makes perfect, but it doesn't. If you're making a tremendous amount of mistakes, all you're doing is deeply ingraining the same mistakes.

Jillian Michaels

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I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.

Jennifer Lynch

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All enterprises and major players need to pay attention to the needs of the government of the country of which they are a part. At one level, it would be unconscionable for a company like Huawei not to be responsive to Chinese national-security needs.

Michael Hayden

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For years I've kept a list of dream projects.

Michael Bolton

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When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.

Tori Amos

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So about this Fierce and Fearless award, honestly, I am often afraid. I was terrified when I lost my voice. But I've come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk towards it. I lean into it to find the information and things that it has to teach me - unless it says run, and then I run.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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During grade school, we moved to a white, working-class suburb in San Diego, and there were no Mexicans.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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President Trump has challenged Congress to reduce the burden on the American worker and to build an economy that rewards honest work. Congress should accept that challenge and craft a bipartisan plan that makes real reductions in what government demands from our wallets.

Josh Hawley

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I don't remember the first stunt I ever did.

Johnny Knoxville

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I need freedom to be happy.

Johnny Weissmuller

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I like to tell stories about people trying to make the right, difficult decision at the least opportune moment... People in a crucible of an extraordinary circumstance. And then, how that experience changes their life.

Doug Stanton

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