The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.
What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go?
Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.
Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.
What you do with your billable time determines your current income, but what you do with your non-billable time determines your future.
I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.
Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.
You want to trace California's move to the far left, you go back to the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill. Simpson-Mazzoli was where we granted amnesty to, at the time, what was three and a half million illegal aliens. And that's it. We were told that would be it. We would start being strict about guarding the borders and making sure that there wasn't any more illegal immigration, but that didn't happen. That was the design. Ted Kennedy, Simpson-Mazzoli, it was their idea here and it's worked out magnificently for them to this extent.
There was an Old Person of Brussels, Who lived upon Brandy and Mussels; When he rushed through the town, he knocked most people down, Which distressed all the people of Brussels.
As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.
The financial disclosure statements, they don't give you the tax rate. They don't give you all the details that tax returns would.