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• Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Arabia, Lions, Clubs

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• President Obama. He is the man. I've tried the rest, and he is the best. My dream is for him to appoint me to be the Secretary of Humor. My first act will be to make whatever Larry the Cable Guy is doing illegal.

  Andy Kindler

  Dream, Men, Guy

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• So on the Tuesday night deadline, while Abu Qatada was appealing to European Court judges, the Home Secretary, who thought the deadline was Monday night, was partying with "X Factor" judges. When the Home Secretary is accused of not knowing what day of the week it is, confusion and chaos have turned into farce.

  Yvette Cooper

  Monday, Party, Home

  Yvette Cooper during House of Commons Debates, www.publications.parliament.uk. April 19, 2012.

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• The FBI found Hillary Clinton to be extremely careless with classified information on her non-secured private e-mail server. While secretary of state. In addition to all we've been talking about, we're learning that Clinton actually lectured her own staff about the importance of cyber security back in 2010, telling them to do one thing while she herself was doing another thing.

  Juan Williams

  Clinton, Importance, Server

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of the culture secretary.

  Kenneth Clarke

  Nuts, Culture, Proportion

  "Press regulation 'needs state support'" by Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2012.

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• Pope John Paul II's press secretary, who said, See, if only the Pope were Italian, he woulda shot back! Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Italian, Dinner, John Paul Ii

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• Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Morning, Art, Writing

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• I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

  Bob Ainsworth

  Privilege, Defence, Expected

  "Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth on Afghanistan and the spirit of our armed forces". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. August 22, 2009.

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• Bill Clinton was for NAFTA. I heard him over in Tokyo he came out all said it was a great bill. Secretary Clinton was for it. She called it the gold standard when she was secretary of state.

  Chris Matthews

  Gold, Bills, Tokyo

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• And then you've got President Clinton who made the case as only he can. After he spoke, somebody sent out a tweet- they said, you should appoint him secretary of explaining stuff. I like that- secretary of explaining stuff. Although, I have to admit, it didn't really say stuff. I cleaned that up a little bit.

  Barack Obama

  Stuff I Like, President, Littles

  "CNN Saturday Morning News" with Randi Kaye, www.cnn.com. September 8, 2012.

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• As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, United States, Defense

  "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", www.cnn.com. May 9, 2004.

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• As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters.

  Rachel Maddow

  Switzerland, Want, States

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• Education Secretary Arne Duncan spurned the opportunity to condemn thousands of Wisconsin public school teachers for lying about being 'sick' and shutting down at least eight school districts across the state to attend capitol protests (many of whom dragged their students on a social justice field trip with them). Instead, Duncan defended teachers for 'doing probably the most important work in society.' Only striking government teachers could win federal praise for not doing their jobs.

  Michelle Malkin

  Teacher, Jobs, Lying

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• Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

  William Safire

  Home, Citizens, Letters

  William Safire (2008). “Safire's Political Dictionary”, p.313, Oxford University Press

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• The thing on cyber-security. Yes, it was - every government employee goes through this training. You do hear at corporations, as well. In addition, everybody that works at the State Department that has a clearance has to sign a document that says that they got a briefing on how to handle classified info. Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state. She makes a terrible, reckless decision, and it almost ruined her candidacy.

  Dana Perino

  Decision, Training, Reckless

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The last four secretaries of defense have pointed out that defense spending creates jobs. So do pornography, prostitution, and narcotics.

  Michael Parenti

  Jobs, Defense, Four

  Michael Parenti (1995). “Against Empire”, p.166, City Lights Books

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• To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.

  Wanda Sykes

  Office, Political, One Day

  "Is Washington ready for Wanda?" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. March 20, 2009.

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• I've directed our defense community headed by our great general now Secretary [James] Mattis, he's over there now working very hard to submit a plan for the defeat of ISIS, a group that celebrates the murder and torture of innocent people in large sections of the world, used to be a small group, now it's in large sections of the world.

  Donald Trump

  Working Very Hard, Isis, People

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I think Putin has already gotten used to the idea of Obama and his secretary of state, John Kerry, making noise - it just doesn't seem to impress Moscow at all.

  Newt Gingrich

  Thinking, Ideas, Moscow

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder. You need a strategy that involves layered defense: deployed patrols, sophisticated sensor equipment, and surveillance from the air. That is what has had a positive impact over the last generation.

  Alan Bersin

  Wall, Strategy, Sophisticated

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Since his arrival, the new secretary of state has not held a single press conference. On his first big trip to Europe last month for the G20 summit, Rex Tillerson said less than 50 words in total in response to press questions.

  Rachel Maddow

  Europe, Months, Firsts

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Right after Secretary [Rex] Tillerson was sworn in, four of the top career diplomats at the department were told their services were no longer needed.

  Rachel Maddow

  Careers, Four, Diplomats

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• These are career non-partisan apolitical staffers with a combined 150 years of experience at the State Department gone, just like that right off the top [right after Secretary Rex Tillerson was sworn in].

  Rachel Maddow

  Years, Careers, Gone

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• We've learned something about President-elect [Donald] Trump's choice for secretary of defense. Lawmakers in Congress intend to proper debate over whether retired General James Mattis meets a requirement for civilian control of the military.

  Steve Inskeep

  Military, Choices, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Party, Believe, Wish

  Source: gandhiking.ning.com

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