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  • Robert Sternberg on hope

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    “Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn’t correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ.” -Robert Sternberg

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  • Marvin Hamlisch on hope

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    “You mustn’t underestimate an audience’s intelligence.” -Marvin Hamlisch

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  • Lactantius on hope

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    “There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.” -Lactantius

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  • Michael Chertoff on hope

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    “We’ve done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.” -Michael Chertoff

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  • Jim Sensenbrenner on hope

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    “Terrorists continue to exploit divisions between law enforcement and the intelligence communities that limit the sharing of vital counterterrorism information.” -Jim Sensenbrenner

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  • Remy de Gourmont on hope

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    “We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.” -Remy de Gourmont

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  • Douglas Feith on hope

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    “They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.” -Douglas Feith

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  • Daniel Hannan on hope

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    “The ‘Robben Island Bible’ has arrived at the British Museum. It’s a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.” -Daniel Hannan

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  • Michael Scheuer on hope

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    “I’m much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet.” -Michael Scheuer

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  • Curt Weldon on hope

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    “How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?” -Curt Weldon

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  • Lynn Margulis on hope

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    “Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit?” -Lynn Margulis

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  • Danny Aiello on hope

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    “Look, people have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don’t care where it is, when they look at me it’s not about my intelligence. It’s who can I beat up.” -Danny Aiello

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  • George Woodcock on hope

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    “I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence.” -George Woodcock

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  • George J. Mitchell on hope

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    “I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there.” -George J. Mitchell

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  • Charles Foster Bass on hope

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    “The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.” -Charles Foster Bass

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  • John Bruton on hope

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    “The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.” -John Bruton

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  • Zbigniew Brzezinski on hope

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    “We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.” -Zbigniew Brzezinski

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  • Morris West on hope

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    “If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.” -Morris West

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  • Frank Rich on hope

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    “Someday we’ll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.’ But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.” -Frank Rich

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  • Kristin Hersh on hope

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    “I’ve always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.” -Kristin Hersh

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  • Ray Kurzweil on hope

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    “By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.” -Ray Kurzweil

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  • Daniel Patrick Moynihan on hope

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    “The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.” -Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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  • Chris Chocola on hope

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    “Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation’s immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.” -Chris Chocola

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  • Pat Brown on hope

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    “In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.” -Pat Brown

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  • Bob Graham on hope

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    “This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody’s been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.” -Bob Graham

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