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Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Chief Never Thing Wealth

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I think all my characters haunt me. Especially the real-life ones, like Master Chief Carl Brashear, the Tuskagee Airmen. Every time I see a military person, it gives me such a sense of pride but also a sense of responsibility to project excellence when representing them.

~Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Topics: Airmen Also Characters Chief Every Every Time Excellence Gives Haunt Like Master Me Military Person Pride Project Real-Life Representing Responsibility See Sense Them Think Time I Think I See

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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.

~Dalton Trumbo

Topics: Any Betray By The People Chief Enemies Imposed Internal Officials People Public State Them Those Trust Who

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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

~Dan Quayle

Topics: Chief Grave Known Robber State

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There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means is that every social group has its own linguistic bonding mechanism. If there's a group of lawyers, they have their own slang. If there's a group of doctors, they have their own slang, and so on.

~David Crystal

Topics: Bonding Chief Doctors Every Gang Group Lawyers Linguistic Little Means Mechanism Old Own Show Slang Social Social Group Use You

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After more than two decades of traveling with American presidents and chief diplomats - on visits to places that have included some of the world's most repressive nations - I am used to watching leaders disappear behind closed doors.

~David E. Sanger

Topics: After Am American Behind Chief Closed Closed Doors Decades Diplomats Disappear Doors Included Leaders More Most Nations Places Presidents Repressive Some Than Traveling Two Used Visits Watching World I Am

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President Obama's achievements and failures must be evaluated by comparison to those chief executives who have come before him and not be measured against the prophetically moral voice of Martin Luther King Jr.

~David Garrow

Topics: Achievements Against Before Chief Come Comparison Executives Failures Him King Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Measured Moral Must Obama President Those Voice Who

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A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.

~David Horowitz

Topics: America Among Best Chief Deeds Intentions Itself Judges Key Left Mentality Opponents Them Worst

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The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application.

~David Hume

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Apple chief executive Tim Cook is such a respected figure that it's easy to overlook the basic problem with his argument about encryption: Cook is asserting that a private company and the interests of its customers should prevail over the public's interest as expressed by our courts.

~David Ignatius

Topics: About Apple Argument Basic Chief Chief Executive Company Cook Courts Customers Easy Encryption Executive Expressed Figure His Interest Interests Our Over Overlook Prevail Private Problem Public Respected Should Tim

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