Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis... view

By: Janis Karpinski

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George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go... view

By: Richard Perle

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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge... view

By: Billy Joel

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We are all failures at least, all the best of us are... view

By: J. M. Barrie

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I think it was when I was nineteen, by that time the Jewish laws were already in force and the split was beginning to come about which isolated the Jewish culture... view

By: Gyorgy Legeti

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Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record... view

By: Barbara Boxer

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I acted three times with Fred MacMurray, three times with Martin and Lewis, four times with Rock Hudson. Three times with Glenn Ford... view

By: Dorothy Malone

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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality... view

By: William S. Burroughs

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I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time... view

By: Max Muller

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It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down... view

By: Harry Nilsson

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Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good... view

By: Curtis Joseph

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You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing... view

By: George McGovern

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