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John Ciardi

"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."

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Amber Hurdle

"Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs."

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"Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along?"

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Amber Hurdle

"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office."

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Amber Hurdle

"Your insight is your asset the edge you require to succeed."

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Amber Hurdle

"Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq."

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Amber Hurdle

"The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is easy to be intelligent, but it is very difficult to be wise because wisdom comes from experience."

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Amber Hurdle

"Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning of life. This simple evolutionary fact itself implies the gravitas of human life."

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Amber Hurdle

"Intelligence is not information. Intelligence is imagination and creativity."

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"For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question."

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"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
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