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I'd never bought the idea that you don't lose money by underestimating the intelligence of the audience. Although perhaps I should add that I've never really made that much money.
John Lloyd
You
Intelligence
Money
Made
Lose
Add
Never
Bought
Idea
Perhaps
Underestimating
Although
Audience
Much
Really
Should
I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.
John McCain
Intelligence
Important
Think
President
States
Intelligence Information
Information
United
Aware
United States
Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence.
John Michael Hayes
Intelligence
Trouble
Nothing
Caused
Human
Race
Much
Human Race
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.
John O. Brennan
People
Intelligence
Important
Matters
Secrecy
Appropriate
Critically
Open
Demands
Discourse
American
Oftentimes
Representatives
While
American People
Elected
Full
Profession
The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.
John O. Brennan
Nature
Intelligence
Strong
Action
Believe
Strike
Imminent
Threat
Recourse
Except
Take
Individuals
Counterterrorism
Involve
Well
Front
May
Where
Again
Against
Actions
Serious
Base
Lethal
Grave
We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.
John O. Brennan
Government
Freedom
Democracy
Business
Intelligence
Liberty
Protect
Whether
Violate
Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 - or than it will be in the coming years.
John O. Brennan
CIA
Intelligence
Will
Analysis
Stated
Never
Simply
Greater
Coming
Been
Years
Than
Accurate
Need
The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft.
John Pistole
Technology
Hurt
Intelligence
Down
Cargo
Types
Air
Latest
Aircraft
Take
Advanced
Know
How
Passenger
Doing
Affiliates
Pat
Trying
Craft
Want
Whether
Us
Reason
Using
Downs
Al
Al-Qaeda
Imagery
Bring
Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.
John Podhoretz
Intelligence
Critical
Kind
Gingrich
Restless
Tragically
Any
Sensibility
Newt
Newt Gingrich
Having emotional intelligence allows you to manage your emotions, show empathy, and prevent you from getting distracted. It also helps you solve problems and be a more likable person.
John Rampton
You
Emotions
Intelligence
Problems
Distracted
Solve
Having
More
Prevent
Emotional
Emotional Intelligence
Empathy
Likable
Also
Person
Manage
Getting
Your
Show
Helps
The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on.
John Sherman Cooper
Leadership
You
Intelligence
Cause
Church
Disclose
Out
Plots
Facts
Investigation
Points
Know
Were
Did
Senator
Going
Which
Agencies
Us
Certain
Helped
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
John le Carre
Service
Intelligence
Secret
Station
London
Park
Knew
Occupied
Opposite
Tube
James
Little
Rooms
I've had nothing to do with the intelligence world since I left it, in any shade or variety.
John le Carre
Intelligence
World
Nothing
Shade
Variety
Had
Since
Left
Any
You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.
Jon Gruden
Knowledge
You
Intelligence
Passion
Charisma
Either
This will sound funny coming out of my mouth, but I like to play characters that have an intelligence. It doesn't matter if it's a physical intelligence or emotional intelligence.
Jon Hamm
Funny
Intelligence
Matter
Will
Mouth
Out
Characters
Physical
Emotional
Emotional Intelligence
Like
Sound
Coming
Play
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. That's what you have to do: you have to be confident in your potential and aware of your inexperience.
Jon Lovett
Time
You
Intelligence
Mind
Ability
Potential
Retain
Ideas
First-Rate
Still
Test
Opposed
Inexperience
Same
Confident
Same Time
Hold
Your
Function
Aware
Two
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
Jose Bergamin
Intelligence
Own
Immersed
Civilization
Volume
Weight
He
Equivalent
Loses
His
German
Any
Different
Amount
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
Joseph Pulitzer
Government
Courage
Intelligence
Virtue
Press
Able
Sham
Know
Without
Mockery
Trained
Which
Public
Disinterested
Popular
Right
Preserve
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
Josh Billings
Intelligence
Superior
Nothing
Evidence
Greater
Surprised
Than
Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
Karan Mahajan
Music
Great
Intelligence
Worth
Lyrics
Say
Pleasure
Plenty
Great Literature
Only
Songs
Qualify
Massive
Singers
Rock
Real
Verses
Get
Real Pleasure
Behind
Literature
Even
Novelists
Chorus
Two
When I was director of public prosecutions, from 2008 to 2013, I had a first-rate counter-terrorism team, who worked closely with the police and the security and intelligence services to defeat and disrupt terrorism.
Keir Starmer
Terrorism
Director
Intelligence
Police
Defeat
Security
Had
First-Rate
Closely
Public
Worked
Team
Who
Services
Disrupt
The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.
Keith Henson
You
Learning
Intelligence
Rare
Older
Changing
Correlation
Possibly
Case
Adult
Advances
New
Attitudes
Fairly
Still
Person
Get
Any
Interested
Keep
Bright
Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Intelligence
Black
Girl
White
Thinking
Punished
Sign
Critical
Critical Thinking
Something
Boy
Encouraged
Questioning
Celebrated
Times
Authority
Often
Which
Many
Challenging
Violently
Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.
Krista Tippett
Wisdom
Alone
Wise
Intelligence
Action
Must
Exercise
Does
Go
Get
Human
Where
Want
Capacities
Us
Even
Creature
Necessarily
Need
Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence.
Laura Moser
Success
Intelligence
Predict
More
Mere
Long-Term
Than
Often
Grit
Pop
Measured
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
Laurence J. Peter
Best
Intelligence
Our
Test
Leisure
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