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I would say that President Roosevelt probably was more intimately in touch with the press corps at the White House than President Truman was.

~Clifton Daniel

Topics: Corps House More President Press Roosevelt Say Than Touch Truman White White House Would

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Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Also America Bringing Cargo Carrying Clean Clean Water Corps Diplomat Face Gun Indeed Negotiating Off Only Peace Peace Corps Plane Relief Rise Soldier Stepping Strongest Village Volunteer Water Worker

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My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.

~David Duchovny

Topics: Attempt Back Ball Been Being Brotherhood Corps Entire Entire Life Feelings Field Focus Future Get Happiest Just Kind Life Past Playing Sense Sounds Trite You

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Americans rightly, but sometimes excessively, celebrate every person in uniform as a hero, but seldom honor the difficult and often dangerous work being done day after day by members of our diplomatic corps. Warriors capture the popular imagination more easily than peacemakers.

~David Horsey

Topics: After American Being Being Done Capture Celebrate Corps Dangerous Day Difficult Diplomatic Done Easily Every Excess Hero Honor Imagination Members More Often Our Person Popular Rightly Seldom Sometimes Than Uniform Warriors Work

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The Pakistani Army, the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Scouts and Police have carried out quite impressive counter-insurgency operations.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Army Carried Corps Frontier Impressive Operations Out Pakistani Police Quite Scouts

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My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

~Dee Dee Myers

Topics: Access Briefing Corps Daily Day-To-Day House Interviews Issues Job Manage Needs President Press Spokesman Suppose Terms Those Travel White White House

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What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: About Advanced Aircraft Armstrong Astronaut Corps Curious Flying Included Join Monkeys Most Navy Pilot Test Top Want Which Why World Would

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I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.

~Duane G. Carey

Topics: Actually Along Astronaut Corps Good Good People Helped Join Me Opportunity People Selected Some Very Way Who Worked

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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.

~Eddie Redmayne

Topics: Am Corps Fascinated First First World First World War Flying History Made Nasa Particularly Side Stuff War Watches World World War I Am

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Those memories of living in a developing nation are part of who I am today and give me a profound understanding of the challenges of economic development - an understanding which will make my tenure as Peace Corps director, I hope, a very special one.

~Elaine Chao

Topics: Am Challenges Corps Developing Development Director Economic Economic Development Give Give Me Hope Living Make Me Memories Nation Part Peace Peace Corps Profound Special Tenure Those Today Understanding Very Which Who Will I Am

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