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As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies. ↗

— David Kay

#direct #effort #field #find #group

I came not from within the administration, and it was clear and clear in our discussions and no one asked otherwise that I would lead this the way I thought best and I would speak the truth as we found it. ↗

— David Kay

#asked #best #came #clear #discussions

I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance. ↗

— David Kay

#apology #came #differed #estimated #existed

I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets. ↗

— Charles Vest

#aid #also #brackets #certainly #continue

I would also point out that many governments that chose not to support this war - certainly, the French president, Jacques Chirac, as I recall in April of last year, referred to Iraq's possession of WMD. ↗

— David Kay

#april #certainly #chirac #chose #french

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too. ↗

— Jay Kay

#crap #days #feels #generation #get

If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#democrats #good #light #like #republicans

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter. ↗

— Jay Kay

#down #equivalent #get #happily #helicopter

I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years. ↗

— Jay Kay

#been #comes #could #donkey #every

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#i #like #me #most #my time