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If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

Bob Kerrey

I value public service and I’m relatively good at organizing political causes.
BOB KERREY

Causes Political Public Service Value
The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let’s get out of here.
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Consequences Feelings Looks Mistakes
Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.
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Baseball Cuba Needs
Clinton’s an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?
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Humorous Liars Stupid
Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.
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Catches Kindness Nature Surprise
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You’ll get the audience’s attention by pausing.
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Attention Pausing Speech
If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.
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Activity Beyond Commitment Instability Looks People Understand
A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it.
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Doe Hero Perseverance
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
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Beast Eternity Inside Whales
There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
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Fighting Force Liberating
When you’re fighting for economic and social justice, you’re always fighting for the minority.
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Fighting Justice Minorities
The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.
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Certain Heart Purple
I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was six.
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Fans Six Yankees
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.
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Agent Kindness Powerful

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

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If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

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