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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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Giving
Life
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I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
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Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung.
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Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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I've voted for Republicans who were strong on defense, who believed in a free and open economy but who also understood that there's a place for government in our lives, that government has a responsibility to those of our citizens who are in need and those of our citizens who are needy of health care.
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions].
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
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Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.
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I think we can make a contribution to their [Saudi Arabia] thinking as they decide how they should deal with the economic and social challenges that they are facing.
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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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In the army, all combat officers are taught the Estimate of the Situation: When you are faced with a problem - take that hill, or in business maybe grow your market share - the first thing you do is to make an analysis of your environment.
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You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.
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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
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