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KELLY JONES 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 We expect to see significant damage to residential and commercial properties near and to the east of...
JAYANTA GUIN The bond market has little to track other than the geopolitical developments and equities,
BRIAN ROBINSON I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.
EDWIN MOSES I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To se...
LEBRON JAMES I have always ran well there and it is renowned as a very fast track.
JASON GARDENER Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
USAIN BOLT I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I...
KIMBERLY ELISE This is the 3rd longest straightaway on the track. You can see that this is a bumpy track.
LEIGHTON REESE I began with track and field because this is what I know.
SERGEI BUBKA That, coupled with the marketplace, Los Angeles has a great history in track and field with the Olym...
BILL PETERSON In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are nume...
DWIGHT YOAKAM Bookings are essentially on track with where we would expect them to be.
ANDY ROBERTS I hope we are on track to address some of the crises that we see coming from the pipeline in the for...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN GARCIA I hope we are on track to address some of the crises that we see coming from the pipeline in the for...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN BONNIE GARCIA I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
MIA HAMM I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves i...
DANICA PATRICK I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t...
BONNIE BLAIR Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of t...
BARBARA LEE In the last four years I met the new generation of short-track athletes and I'm very happy that agai...
EVGENIA RADANOVA I don't think Texas, the track in itself, allowed that much side-by-side racing. You're going to see...
MAX PAPIS Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin...
CAMERON RUSSELL Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.
ASHTON EATON I think it still brings a lot of the same lessons that it brought 20 years ago. It's a snapshot of t...
CHARLES FULLER The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the...
MICHAEL HARRIS I suppose we're at an impasse and it always becomes a waiting game. At this point I wouldn't expect ...
KEVIN LOWE The Syrian track is frozen, the Lebanese track is frozen and the Palestinian track is frozen. That's...
SAEB ERAKAT It always feels good to put on the McDonald's uniform and see that big arch on the hood of the car, ...
BILL ELLIOTT I've got high hopes for Denver. Robert has a smooth, consistent style that I believe will mesh very ...
DAVID HUNT We just wanted to get back on the winning track. We came out swinging the bats really well today and...
DARIN LOE One thing I expect from Las Vegas is never expect anything because it's different every time you sho...
BRIAN CARLSON What is hard for us to understand well, and hard for me to explain to Secretary (of State Colin) Pow...
JOSEPH PRUEHER I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.
ASHTON EATON At the moment there's only one diplomatic door left open, and it's open a crack. I think this is ver...
ROSE GOTTEMOELLER Yeah, the quarterbacks haven't played very well for this team. But we're going to get on track and w...
CLINT STOERNER In the modern era, these cases have been very hard to win and the government's track record is very ...
WILLIAM KOVACIC I spend a lot of time over the winter on the track and this is a record that really appeals to me, ....
MAGNUS BACKSTEDT It was nice to see our offense finally get on track. We created some very good scoring opportunities...
DON OLSON We set some target numbers for our wind tunnel program and we bettered them. Then the car tested ver...
BERNIE MARCUS After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominat...
RUSH LIMBAUGH not only on the Palestinian track (but) the Lebanese track and the Syrian track so that we can have ...
ARIEL SHARON I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there&...
TA-NEHISI COATES I think that it's going to be like that, single-file. We use all the race track right now to run the...
JIMMIE JOHNSON I can see this train coming down the track,
JAMES HANSEN It is a very, very active investigation. We expect developments quickly.
KRIS WARTELLE called Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on Iran.
CASPAR WEINBERGER Maybe that's what being alive is about: so we can track down those movments that are dying.
MURIEL BARBERY It's something that fits very well with this community. In the future, you will see some joint proje...
FRANK HARRIS We expect to be even deeper in the jumps and hurdles this year with the record number of girls out f...
BRETT AYERS We want to see how he handles the track. If he runs well, we'll just keep him here.
KRISTIN MULHALL Construction of the development is well under way and we look forward to making additional announcem...
CLAY PETERSON You have to find your projects and track them as they go along that long process of being made.
SARAH GADON She can track the ball real well and she knows how to hit.
LAURA PATINELLA To see this much turnover is troubling in some respects. In the meantime, you're left with a number ...
GREG CARLSON Your off-track relationship with your team and co-driver is as important as what you do at the track...
GUY SMITH I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
USAIN BOLT Our results confirm that we have the right business plan and that Reynolds American is both on the r...
DIANNE NEAL This is a supremely difficult diplomatic task. It is negotiating with multiple parties, dealing with...
ROBERT SATLOFF He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near th...
JAMES AGEE Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration exc...
DONALD RUMSFELD Sometimes, how others look at it must not be how you should see it! Sometimes, how it means to other...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think the track is the prefect size and shape for our cars and the fans are going to see a great s...
FRANK KIMMEL He clearly still harbors a very personal grudge from the December negotiations. And that doesn't aug...
GENE RUSSIANOFF Both Bill and Shawn have proven track records and will continue to deliver the tradition of excellen...
BRUCE BAKER He was the computer. I would have a dinner with him, if the car wasn't handling well on the Friday, ...
EMERSON FITTIPALDI I personally agree with the perception that this has been a fast-track process .... The process need...
DENI SCRUDATO We're expecting Jim to be a leader on the track and off the track.
ERIC MURRAY To have some fun and learn a little bit about track and running and find some success so everybody f...
DICK SIEVERT The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling...
PETE DU PONT The goal is to track and connect.
NANCY RIDLEY The driver notices the differences in colors on the race track, if there is fluid. Is the track dry?...
JIMMY SPENCER I congratulate Chris Powell and LVMS for launching this improvement project. The new garage area wil...
BRIAN FRANCE called
Peter Wallison -- Told him Colin Powell had only minimum involvement on
Iran.
CASPAR WEINBERGER We expect increased demand in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for our products and services in the...
GIDEON ARGOV At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of yo...
CARL LEWIS That last inning is what I expect when we get on track with this team. We may have found it today.
DAN MCGHEE She does the same reliable job you'd expect her to do. ... She has a track record that is long and s...
LEONARD MALTIN We must note that this judge is thinking in a progressive way. He is well read... and is really show...
CARRIE SHELVER They have a good series, so we'll stick with that route. She seems to have worked over the track ver...
BRET CALHOUN I now wear a Jawbone. This is a bracelet that keeps track of how I sleep, move and eat - transmittin...
RUPERT MURDOCH You could put me on any track. I support that one million percent. Whatever the track is, I'm go...
BUSTA RHYMES Each track has to be precise, and that is a problem on a rhythmically complex track like 'Slaugh...
DIMEBAG DARRELL The price of the ticket is exhaustion. Look at the view. And I can see every square inch of the trac...
ANDY MURPHY I think we're going to see a worsening in the inflation data and that's going to keep the Fed on a t...
CARL RICCADONNA The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.
YOHAN BLAKE We played with some emotion and I felt really good about that. Offensively, we got some things on tr...
BOB HALL [Sprint Nextel] is executing well and remains on track to avoid any significant operational disrupti...
GROUP INC are reaching a home stretch. We're hoping that we'll reach some kind of conclusion in the very near ...
JACK SHAW The weather has suddenly changed. If it rains tonight (Tuesday) as well, we would have to see how mu...
DALJIT SINGH [The sets are big: The apartment houses lining the Manhattan street set stand between 46 and 48 feet...
JAMES NOONE For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and...
CATHY FREEMAN Our training is very limited as we do not have an indoor or outdoor track facility. The track teams ...
HANK HOFFMAN very much on track.
WESLEY CLARK We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL To continue on a track to increase the number of plants we have that are gas perhaps is not the wave...
MAYCO VILLAFANA I didn't want to force him out of the weight room, but I thought he'd do well in track.
GREG MARTZ Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.
HANNAH STORM Yeah, go ahead and have a new track, but keep the existing track open until such time as we're ready...
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COLIN POWELL Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But y...
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COLIN POWELL Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.
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COLIN POWELL The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an o...
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COLIN POWELL If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excel...
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COLIN POWELL most candid and direct conversations about what we do that annoys the other.
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COLIN POWELL [The pictures] stunned every American, ... They showed acts that are despicable. The president has s...
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COLIN POWELL Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see t...
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COLIN POWELL Have a vision. Be demanding.
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COLIN POWELL market dynamism has replaced dogmatism.
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COLIN POWELL because of the human dimensions of this catastrophe.
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COLIN POWELL This is very regrettable
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COLIN POWELL You made reference to the president ...
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COLIN POWELL That's what happened, notwithstanding any cell phone reports to the contrary,
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COLIN POWELL If somebody tried to move the team in now, we would find ways to thwart that.
COLIN POWELL a serious impediment to the conduct of America's foreign policy.
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COLIN POWELL very sober, chilling message.
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COLIN POWELL only a struggle to defend values ... which we share with the West and the vast majority of Arabs.
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COLIN POWELL Iraq was a unique case,
COLIN POWELL if your life is not better.
COLIN POWELL We must keep moving forward.
COLIN POWELL Every one of these bombings sets us back, ... terror cannot be allowed to prevail, to win.
COLIN POWELL War is war and there will be casualties,
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COLIN POWELL there are no arms deal with Iran so far.
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COLIN POWELL wonderful opportunities and daunting challenges.
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COLIN POWELL Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
COLIN POWELL No one has any evidence to the contrary, ... should not jump to such hasty conclusions.
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COLIN POWELL It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
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COLIN POWELL First, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it
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COLIN POWELL All the options you can imagine are before us.
COLIN POWELL No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
COLIN POWELL You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
COLIN POWELL If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool
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COLIN POWELL Remain calm. Be kind.
COLIN POWELL If he feels it is that important an assertion to make, he ought to list some names,
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COLIN POWELL Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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COLIN POWELL The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate...
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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...
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