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No one will even know whether a greater focus ... would have lead to the unraveling of the September 11th plot.


Eleanor Hill

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ADAM SCHIFF Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.
HUGH SHELTON September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.
TOM FORD The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL After September the 11th, 2001, we've taught the terrorists a ... lesson,
A. BUSH Good, that's a job well done," Grishmak said cheerfully. "Am I the only one who's hungry?
STUART HILL Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.
ULRICH BECK On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my cou...
ISABEL ALLENDE I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh...
STEVEN MOFFAT I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of Septemb...
LENA DUNHAM The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.
JOE BIDEN When I look back at that day and think about those heroes on September 11th, 2001.. They fought a tr...
NORMAN WILLIAMS The attacks of September 11th could have been prevented if the right combination of skill, cooperati...
BOB GRAHAM I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one...
ZARA COX There was no other reason other than September 11th that I sold the stock. ...Oh, I agonized over it...
JEFF SKILLING After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal pape...
GEORGE W. BUSH Any guy, even imaginary, would just feel like second best. Second best to what? I don't even have an...
TABITHA SUZUMA Our findings lead us to believe soft tissue augmentation will play an even greater part in facial re...
DAVID KAHN Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 40...
JIM SENSENBRENNER You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES The attacks of September the 11th, 2001, show what the enemies of America did with four airplanes. W...
A. BUSH I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newsp...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we d...
ZACH WAMP There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new bu...
PETER CHERNIN The Olympic movement around the world has expressed its sympathy for the victims of September 11th i...
ANITA DEFRANTZ One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even great...
SALVADOR DALí Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will l...
JEFFREY DONALDSON Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will l...
JEFFREY DONALDSON We're looking at added volatility this week because of the September 11th memorial Wednesday, George...
JENNIFER WILLIAMS Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the...
DOC HASTINGS There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C. There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS We'll have to hit 80 percent of our routines without a major mistake to finish 10th or 11th. That wo...
CLIFF GAUTHIER Because of a greater focus on governance, the resignation of a director certainly has a greater weig...
CHARLES ELSON The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH That's always been one of our concerns ? that there would be no local production. We knew we would h...
ALBERT CHEE It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a...
LUCAS SCOTT The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.
ALDOUS HUXLEY The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small s...
OPRAH WINFREY But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE If you own a restaurant or any small business, it's vitally important to be involved politically at ...
STEVEN ANDERSON But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equall...
SALLY YATES It is no longer the issue of whether one should focus on China, or India versus China, but of India ...
AZIM PREMJI She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite
STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Writing a log line helps you define - for yourself - the essential elements of the plot. It will als...
DAVID MACINNIS GILL Ultimately, the teams will help us to develop a truly compelling design for the World Trade Center s...
JOHN WHITEHEAD It's important for people to be able to understand the magnitude of what happened on September 11th ...
ELLEN SARACINI But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in ne...
WALTER ISAACSON As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepa...
LEONARD BOSWELL We need to enact a strong standard that will stop a terrorist or illegal alien from getting a driver...
BILL SHUSTER In short, there are mysteries of science and of soul that will never be understood no matter how har...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN My feeling is that an upside break will be a head fake and a downside break will lead to a major dec...
BERNIE SCHAEFFER The repercussions of the massive explosion (in 1605) would have been even more devastating than the ...
ANTONIA FRASER The repercussions of the massive explosion (in 1605) would have been even more devastating than the ...
ANTONIA FRASER Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up h...
FRANCIS BACON How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL The expectations are always there, it's just the attention to detail come end of August, start of Se...
JEFF CLARKE Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of util...
C.S. LEWIS If life is just a stage, then we are all running around ad-libbing, with absolutely no clue what the...
BILL WATTERSON I didn't even know where Heartbreak Hill was.
REIKO TOSA Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evil...
PLATO You will see a greater variety of freshly prepared foods, with a specific focus on the chicken categ...
RALPH ALVAREZ The pressure to find a woman or a minority if anything will be even greater this time around, I have...
BRADFORD BERENSON The pressure to find a woman or a minority if anything will be even greater this time around, I have...
BRADFORD A. BERENSON It is perfectly serendipitous,' said the boy, descending the steps to the street. 'Fancy that—us m...
ELEANOR CATTON Great characters- They are pivotal for a great plot. THEN a solid plot: Why then? If you do not have...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES It should be a fun night. Once again, fans will have a chance to see the nation's No. 1 ranked prep ...
BARRY REED The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanista...
CARL LEVIN Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, ...
LAURA BUSH In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we co...
DOC HASTINGS They don't have the same focus on a leader that all of the other parties have. If we're going to hav...
JUDY REBICK The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear t...
W. G. SEBALD I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I ha...
EVAN HUNTER A good leader does not sit down and wait for results, that's a boss. A leader will share the pain,sw...
LEONARDO SANABRIA To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can&...
EVAN BAYH Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whethe...
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ELEANOR CATTON I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one...
ELEANOR CATTON Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for th...
ELEANOR FARJEON Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.
ELEANOR FARJEON The changes are long overdue at this point. And yet, despite the fact that the commission found sign...
ELEANOR ACER One of the biggest problems is that it lacks any meaningful safeguards, so that mistakes can and do ...
ELEANOR ACER It's become much more difficult to win asylum and if an immigration officer issues a mistaken decisi...
ELEANOR ACER This country was founded on the concept of asylum that you never return those who flee persecution t...
ELEANOR ACER The reporting I did was mostly entertainment or lifestyle. I took a very different approach than mos...
ELEANOR MONDALE To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe wha...
ELEANOR CATTON We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fea...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all th...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELDT What you don't do can be a destructive force.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELDT One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else ...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if yo...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well.
ELEANOR MARX Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are t...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT There is nothing to regret - either for those who go or for those who are left behind
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. A...
ELEANOR CATTON The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends.
ELEANOR MONDALE In researching 'The Luminaries,' I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites...
ELEANOR CATTON A trip to the picture framer's, with a selection of prints, is the most joyous outing I can imag...
ELEANOR CATTON I could never say in the morning, "I have a headache and cannot do thus and so". Headache or no head...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other perso...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Often I listen to songs on repeat for days and days at a time. There's something hypnotic or med...
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