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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.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much of your force as possible on a critical point and take a risk elsewhere? In business that translates into focusing your investment on marketing, sales, or R&D, whichever will give you the greatest return.
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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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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I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.
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Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
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We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.
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Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.
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Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?
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Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There is fallibility in human intelligence and in human decisions.
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Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.
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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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Decision-making is lonely.
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Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'
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The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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