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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

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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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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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude
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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.
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So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.
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It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.
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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
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When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other terrorists all around the world.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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