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"I've made many difficult decisions. None of them easy."

"The world needs men who can do what others cannot."

"Death comes for us all. The question is when, and whether it matters."

"You must separate your emotions from your duty, or you'll fail both."

"In this business, patience is a weapon sharper than steel."

"I respect your abilities, Bond, even if I don't respect your methods."

"Power without responsibility is tyranny."

"You've been given an impossible task. That's why I chose you."

"The truth is sometimes harder to face than any enemy."

"Good soldiers follow orders. Great ones know when to question them."

"Time is something even I cannot control."

"A man's measure is taken in his last moment, not his first."

"You cannot run from who you are, Bond. Eventually you must face it."

"I've seen strong men break. The question is whether you will."

"Technology is a tool. What matters is who wields it."

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Or eliminate them."

"You ask for forgiveness, but you're not asking in the right quarter."

"The work we do has real consequences. Never forget that."

"Hope is not a strategy, but neither is despair."

"A life without purpose is merely existing, not living."

"Some secrets are kept not from malice, but from mercy."

"Change is inevitable. How you respond to it defines you."

"I didn't reach this position by being kind. But neither was I unjust."

"The world judges us by our actions, not our intentions."

"You have a choice, Bond. Always choose wisely."

"I've learned that the strongest people are often the loneliest."

"Fear is the mind-killer. You must master it or it masters you."

"There is no such thing as a painless victory."

"You must be willing to sacrifice everything, or you will lose everything."

"I respect sacrifice. Foolishness disguised as sacrifice, I do not."