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I dont think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as we

I dont think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But thats now history. – Colin Powell

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We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didnt come back, and make sure the Taliban wasnt resurging. It didnt work out. – Colin Powell

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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. – Colin Powell

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work
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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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Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart. – George Michael

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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. – Paul Simon

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History

Ive never been nostalgic, personally or politically – if the past was so great, how come its history? – Julie Burchill

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History

Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward. – Eddie Vedder

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History

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Imagination… its limits are only those of the mind itself. – Rod Serling

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I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think its just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy, positive demeanor. – Shailene Woodley

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…the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind. – William Francis Henry King, “Introduction,” Classical and Foreign Quotations, 18

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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. – Salvador Dali

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