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"One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence."
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"Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs."
"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?"
"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."
"Your insight is your asset the edge you require to succeed."
"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."
"The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue."
"It is easy to be intelligent, but it is very difficult to be wise because wisdom comes from experience."
"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."
"For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question."
"You have to be smart to get what you want."
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"Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training."
"It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless."
"Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development."
"The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does."
"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
"A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life."
"Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet."
"However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible."
"Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities."
"The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture."
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