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90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. - Colin

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. – Colin Powell

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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. – Colin Powell

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Politics
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Colin Powell
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In other words, dont expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say we have a problem, lets go and get it. – Colin Powell

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great
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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. – Colin Powell

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Failure
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Other Quotes from
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So Im OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was. – Sidney Poitier

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History

History balances the frustration of “how far we have to go” with the satisfaction of “how far we have come.” It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time. – Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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History

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasnt. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. – Monica Lewinsky

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History

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. – Nancy Pelosi

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History

Random Quotes

The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation –must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Population

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976. – Cathy Guisewite

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Humor

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books, 1912

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Vegetarianism

The poet… may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. – Lionel Trilling, The Liberal Imagination, 1950

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Poetry