Benjamin Wittes Quotes

June 10, 2002, the day John Ashcroft announced the arrest of Jose Padilla, marked a low point in Ashcroft's career as Attorney General.

Benjamin Wittes

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I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

Jessica Lynch

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I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.

Jenny Mollen

WomenHopePeopleCrazySocietyUs

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

Maurice Saatchi

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As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South.

John Shelton Reed

LongWillOldJapaneseMarketSouth

Part of my advantage is that my strength is economic forecasting, but that only works in free markets, when markets are smarter than people. That's how I started. I watched the stock market, how equities reacted to change in levels of economic activity, and I could understand how price signals worked and how to forecast them.

Stanley Druckenmiller

StrengthChangePeopleFreePrice

I don't believe love has borders. If I meet a nice man in China, I definitely think it's possible.

Song Hye-kyo

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Singing is a gift.

Tony Bennett

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A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.

Tom Ford

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I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I'd learned in acting school still applied.

Michael Redhill

LifeCharacterYourselfSchoolMind

There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

GoodBeautyHopePeopleMeRoots

I'm a typical guy. Driving cars and speed are really fun.

Luke Mably

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If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'

Jose Ferreira

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