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It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.
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It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.
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technology-addiction
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Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.
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self-pity
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In the Soviet Union every worker is a government worker, and they have a saying: As long as the bosses pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work.
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Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.
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Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected quotations from the works of Lenin and a discussion of the lessons to be learned from the readings. It is very much like a church service.
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religion
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One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground, if you flew high enough you could always find the sun.
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optimism
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The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life.
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One of the compensations for wearing a uniform and earning less money than an equally talented man can make in the real world is the off chance of being killed.
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We wait. No sense spooking him. We let him come in nice and close while we do our famous imitation of a hole in the water,
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A wise man knows his limitations.' And a bold one seizes opportunities.
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History admires the wise, but it elevates the brave. --EDMUND MORRIS
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Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.
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I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.
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I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.
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Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.
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The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.
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The difference between me and you is that I do good fiction.
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Tom Clancy |
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I'm a spy... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.
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Tom Clancy |
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If you want to tell me I'm a bum, that's okay.
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There's nothing that's ever happened in the world that didn't start in one human mind.
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I don't discuss works in progress...
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