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"Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction."
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"Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that."
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"I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on."
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"I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers."
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"Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis."
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"It's hard to build a brand, competitively, and tell people what you do as well."
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"There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail."
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"The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none."
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"I think we're giving people something new that people didn't know was out there before."
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"Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start."
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"Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not."
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"If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random."
Policy
"Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help."
Business
"Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary."
Work
"Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often."
Will
"If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right."
Doubt
"Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours."
Politics
"Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."
Friendship
"If you develop rules, never have more than ten."
Rules
"Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance."
Performance
"It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task."
Mistake
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