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  • Joan Cusack on hope

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    “I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I’m lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.” -Joan Cusack

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  • Robyn Hitchcock on hope

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    “People’s intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don’t tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.” -Robyn Hitchcock

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  • John Frankenheimer on hope

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    “I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.” -John Frankenheimer

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  • Jon Porter on hope

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    “The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.” -Jon Porter

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  • Adam Schiff on hope

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    “The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.” -Adam Schiff

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  • Robert M. Gates on hope

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    “When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early ’90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn’t want to, because they had no pilots.” -Robert M. Gates

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  • Ron Silver on hope

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    “But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It’s about character, it’s about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don’t see.” -Ron Silver

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  • David Kay on hope

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    “I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.” -David Kay

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  • Brad Thor on hope

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    “Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, ‘Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we’re doing it.’” -Brad Thor

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  • Andrew Greeley on hope

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    “Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?” -Andrew Greeley

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  • Tony Gilroy on hope

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    “Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.” -Tony Gilroy

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  • Peter King on hope

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    “We can’t gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we’ve already done that – with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253.” -Peter King

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  • Michael K. Simpson on hope

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    “The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation’s ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime.” -Michael K. Simpson

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  • Scott Ritter on hope

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    “When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I’m going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.” -Scott Ritter

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  • Victoria Principal on hope

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    “Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don’t think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn’t struck by that.” -Victoria Principal

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  • Christine Baranski on hope

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    “Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He’s the most easygoing, lovely man, but he’s got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity.” -Christine Baranski

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  • Bob Barr on hope

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    “It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today’s intelligence challenges.” -Bob Barr

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  • Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont on hope

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    “Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.” -Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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  • Gijs de Vries on hope

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    “You can’t get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.” -Gijs de Vries

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  • Susan Rice on hope

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    “As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.” -Susan Rice

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  • John O. Brennan on hope

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    “As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.” -John O. Brennan

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  • Fay Wray on hope

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    “There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.” -Fay Wray

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  • Morarji Desai on hope

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    “I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But man’s intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong.” -Morarji Desai

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  • Michael Mandelbaum on hope

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    “The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.” -Michael Mandelbaum

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  • Blanche Lincoln on hope

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    “Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.” -Blanche Lincoln

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