Benjamin Wittes Quotes

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required to do so.

Benjamin Wittes

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IntelligenceGivingInformationNews

I do think that people will claim a certain fatigue about talking about race. But I think that even though they do, it's still necessary - completely necessary.

Jesmyn Ward

PeopleThinkTalkingWillRaceEven

I am in no way a confident person - except when it comes to what I'm writing. It's just like, this is what I can do, and I have what I think is a pretty strong voice, for better or worse. It's the style I like to write in.

Megan Amram

StyleI AmWritingThinkBetter

It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.

Michael Dirda

FatherSadTimeDayPeopleLate

Oil's in everything we have, from anesthetics to aspirations to aspirins to most parts of the cell phone contain oil. We interface with oil in every part of our life.

Johnny Colt

LifeCell PhonePhoneOilEverything

To me, every decision needn't be a 'big-bang' reform but a signal of proactive decision-making and removal of red tape and bureaucracy.

Anand Mahindra

DecisionRedMeBureaucracyReform

Finding a good barber is like finding a good lawyer - you gotta go to the same guy.

Ronny Chieng

GoodLawyerFindingYouGoBarber

People smarter than me told me that my potential was bigger than just winning a belt. Now I believe that, and that's what I'm striving for.

Robert Whittaker

PeopleMeWinningBelievePotential

People aren't religious because it's easy not to be. Like anything, it's habitual, and once it's a habit it's no longer hard.

Matisyahu

HabitPeopleEasyHardAnything

The biggest gap there is in America is not economic; the gap is spiritual and cultural.

Mike Huckabee

SpiritualAmericaEconomicGap

Being from Colorado is, to me, very, very special. I'm just very thankful to be here. I'm also thankful to be a part of the history of this state.

Dianne Reeves

ThankfulHistoryMeColoradoSpecial

But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if you are not around that environment, then you'll find you lose that feel, that momentum, you lose all that.

Dennis Brown

FeelEnvironmentMomentumYouLose

I'm tough, and you know what? New Yorkers deserve that. They work head, they fight it out, they slug it out. And they deserve a mayor or a speaker who's going to do the same.

Christine Quinn

WorkFightToughYouNewKnow

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