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SUPERNA BATHEJA Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.
HANNAH STORM Spend your tax refund. Because, really, you earned it.
DAYANA YOCHIM You spend your TIME to make a DIME. You lose your HEALTH to make your WEALTH, but at the end it is F...
R.V.M. You spend your TIME to make a DIME. You lose your HEALTH to make your WEALTH, but at the end it is F...
RVM Mother Parks, take your rest. You have certainly earned it,
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DICK CAMPBELL Colin Powell has said over the years that Saddam Hussein is like a toothache. It recurs from time to...
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VIKRANT PARSAI My advice to them: Take the money and run, ... Spend it on your sheriff's deputies, your firefighter...
CHARLIE MELANCON Always spend your time adding value to your life
SUNDAY ADELAJA Miles take minutes, minutes take miles.
ANDREW GRIFFEY CARRERE called Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on Iran.
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, JOINT CUSTODY WITH A JERK: RAISING A CHILD WITH AN UNCOOPERATIVE EX, 2011 You can't run your best time on a cinder track, but it was fun. It was something different.
DARICK CLARK I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
TA-NEHISI COATES We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way...
AMY ANDERSON The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfo...
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ARAVIND ADIGA I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be ...
WILLIE NELSON called
Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on
Iran.
CASPAR WEINBERGER Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin...
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BRADLEY B. DALINA I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
JOSE AZNAR I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld
JOSE MARIA AZNAR I don't have a lot of time to speak... but we will speak soon.
DEYTH BANGER We wanted to help this charity because they help so many families in their time of need, ... People ...
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Spend some time to show you care;
Toys and trinkets can't ...
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COLIN POWELL if your life is not better.
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COLIN POWELL We will be with you in this current crisis and in the future,
COLIN POWELL We want that. But we can't do it in a hurried manner before the Iraqis are prepared to discharge tho...
COLIN POWELL Now, if the sources fell apart, then we need to find out how we've gotten ourselves in that position...
COLIN POWELL We know that there are occasions that arise when terrorists are coming in, and we know a bomb is hea...
COLIN POWELL there was reason for guarded optimism. And let us be clear about what brought it all to a halt -- te...
COLIN POWELL There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfe...
COLIN POWELL I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a d...
COLIN POWELL It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi...
COLIN POWELL seeing some convergence of views.
COLIN POWELL Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
COLIN POWELL The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
COLIN POWELL the level of a mammoth new campaign.
COLIN POWELL We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
COLIN POWELL Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
COLIN POWELL