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• It's pretty clear we have enough Guard people in the United States, but are they capable of handling our oversees commitments as well? We need to figure out how that impacts our ability in Iraq.

  John McCain

  Commitment, Impact, Iraq

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• The question is not whether you would like to be president or not. The question is: Do you think you can win and do you want to run? And none of those are clear to me.

  John McCain

  Running, Winning, Thinking

  "McCain disputes Cheney on Iraq". www.cnn.com. June 20, 2005.

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• But precisely this illusion that everything is "clear" is what is blinding us all. It is a serious temptation, and it is a subtle form of pride and worldly love of power and revenge.

  Thomas Merton

  Revenge, Pride, Temptation

  Thomas Merton (1995). “Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis”, p.183, Macmillan

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• I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking.

  Joan Didion

  Character, Talking, Ideas

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• Life is like a garden. Quite naturally, leaves wither and flowers fade. Only if we clear the decay of the past then and there can we really enjoy the beauty of the new leaves and flowers. Likewise, we must clear the murkiness of the past bad experiences from our minds. Life is remembrance in forgetfulness. Forgive what ought to be forgiven; forget what ought to be forgotten. Let us embrace life with renewed vigor. We should be able to face every moment of life with renewed expectation, like a freshly blossomed flower.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Flower, Past, Garden

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• What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations? The answer is clear: Governments got in the way of the dreams of the people.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Government, People

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Undoubtedly our Heavenly Father tires of expressions of love in words only. He has made it clear through his prophets and his word that his ways are ways of commitment, and not conversation. He prefers performance over lip service. We show our true love for him in proportion to our keeping his words.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Father, Commitment, Expression

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• I think people do get better as the movies go on sometimes, and I'm always happy that we're shooting out of order, so it's kind of scattered throughout the movie, and there isn't like a clear build in everyone finding their characters.

  Seth Rogen

  Character, Thinking, Order

  "Seth Rogen, Jennifer Jason Leigh on Challenges of ‘Steve Jobs,’ ‘The Hateful Eight’". Interview with Jennifer Jason Leigh, variety.com. December 29, 2015.

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• Disruptive technology is a theory. It says this will happen and this is why; it's a statement of cause and effect. In our teaching we have so exalted the virtues of data-driven decision making that in many ways we condemn managers only to be able to take action after the data is clear and the game is over. In many ways a good theory is more accurate than data. It allows you to see into the future more clearly.

  Clayton Christensen

  Teaching, Technology, Data

  Source: www.strategy-business.com

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• Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood as "state terror." Terrorism also serves as an excuse to avoid diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

  Richard A. Falk

  Political, Peaceful, Majority

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.

  Arne Duncan

  Law, Levels, Want

  "Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate Lackey". Interview with Jesse Hagopian, progressive.org. January 1, 2016.

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• Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

  Moses Malone

  Athlete, People, Drug

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I'm not even sure there is a clear distinction between "spirits" and "extra-terrestrials". At least I think extra-terrestrials may be able to slip in and out of, around and between dimensions, including the dimension we relate to as ours.

  Susan Schneider

  Thinking, May, Able

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Programmatic is a great thing. Let's be clear there's a zillion websites. It's extremely difficult to address messages.

  Maurice Levy

  Addresses, Messages, Difficult

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Just do it. Get it down on the page. Work hard. And then let go. Ask yourself why you want to write. You have to be clear about that.

  Yann Martel

  Letting Go, Writing, Hard Work

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• Singularity is seen as an event horizon. There's everything that comes before it and everything that comes after it and never the twain shall meet, in much the same way that Judeo-Christian theology presents its notion of the afterlife - there's a very clear and impermeable demarcation there.

  Ron Currie Jr.

  Christian, Afterlife, Events

  Source: therumpus.net

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• For me, there's a very clear parallel between the practice of insight in Buddhism and what's called prajna - the insight that arrives through meditation.

  Jess Row

  Buddhism, Practice, Meditation

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm speaking to someone I'm trying to get to fall in love with me. I'm trying to speak intimately to one person. That should be clear. I'm not speaking to an audience. I'm not writing for the podium. I'm just writing, trying to write in a fairly quiet tone to one other reader who is by herself, or himself, and I'm trying to interrupt some silence in their life, which is utterance.

  Billy Collins

  Falling In Love, Writing, Silence

  "A Brisk Walk". Interview with Joel Whitney, www.guernicamag.com. June 14, 2006.

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• Part of the problem with Occupy Wall Street was that folks were never really clear on what they were fighting for. If you don't know what you're fighting for, how do you know when you've got victory? In some ways, new media makes it easier for people to connect. It's hard, though, because we're much more seduced by the Internet, by big-screen TVs, by cell phones that can do everything.

  Stanley Nelson Jr.

  Wall, Fighting, Phones

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and it just feels good to do something. But most of the time it's not like that. Most of the time there's conflict between your head and your heart.

  Sheila Heti

  Heart, Feel Good, Conflict

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I really became a hardcore Batman fan when I was eight years old. What was clear to me, the reason I liked him better than Superman or Spider-Man or the Hulk or whoever, was the fact that he was human, and I could identify with him, and I really believed in that character strongly. In my heart of hearts, when I was eight years old, I believed that if I studied real hard, and worked out real hard, and if my dad bought me a cool car, I could be this guy.

  Michael Uslan

  Dad, Real, Heart

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much carbon is free in the atmosphere. At that point, it became clear that humans were affecting our environments far more profoundly than we realized. By releasing so much carbon and greenhouse gas into the environment, we're making long-term changes to every aspect of the natural world.

  Annalee Newitz

  Carbon Cycle, Long, Atmosphere

  Source: therumpus.net

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• If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that at least in fiction, the choice of what perspective and bias to tell a given story from - which is always a deliberate choice - is foregrounded and clear.

  Kathleen Rooney

  Believe, Perspective, Choices

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It's a little bit about being a global citizen, with all the United Nations positive umph that there is with that phrase - it's about being a positive do-gooder. But it's also: how can I participate in globalization in a really clear way? Like: don't leave the house unless you can bring something worthy into the world. And so Nicaragua changed the way that I want to do things.

  Anne Elizabeth Moore

  House, Nicaragua, Citizens

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Always have clear lines of communication and be open to trying new ideas. Being open to new ideas is crucial to growing as an artist. If you always have the same creative habits, how will you ever excel to the next level? The answer is, you won't. Taking those creative risks reaps the most incredible rewards.

  Wendy Starland

  Communication, Artist, Ideas

  Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. March 1, 2015.

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