"If you get the dirty end of the……" — Colin Powell
"If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool."
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190 Quotes by Colin Powell
Colin Powell has 190 quotes on this site.
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power…
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things…
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Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or…
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty,…
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We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as…
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now…
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it…
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More Dirty Quotes
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one of 1,108 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
— Elizabeth Banks
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I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.
— Brigitte Bardot
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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing…
— Mario Batali
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a…
— Orlando Bloom
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I see L.A. as a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear.
— David Boreanaz
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Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it…
— Joseph Brodsky
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I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads…
— Alton Brown
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It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and…
— George Burns
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
— Barbara Bush
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We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources…
— Buzz Aldrin
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