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Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Persian Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked.

~Colin Powell

Topics: College Discipline Engineering Found Fraternity Kept Like Liked Me People Persian Place Ran Saved Structure Take Were Who

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Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Amount Back Certain Giving Giving Back Giving Up Involves Up

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You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

~Colin Powell

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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.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Any Citizens Community Country Educate Going Government Important More Need Obligation Replace Than Those Throughout Understand Us Who

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So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Always Any Basketball Believe Coach Football Going Like Win You

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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.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Campaign Defining Down Economy Get Got Issue May Moving Rate Unemployment

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If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

~Colin Powell

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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

~Colin Powell

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Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

~Colin Powell

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You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

~Colin Powell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Statesman

Born: April 5th, 1937

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