David Ignatius The worm of paranoia begins to eat into even the hardest adversary. – David Ignatius Adversary Quotes Eat Quotes Hardest Quotes Paranoia Quotes Worm Quotes Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It’s a test of character, for individuals and nations. If you walk into the front hallway of the CIA, you will see, on your left, a statue of William ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan. Bill Donovan was the person who created the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services, which was America’s spy agency during World War II and then kind of morphed into what’s now the CIA.
Lu Wei It is a misuse of words if you say ‘content censorship’. But no censorship does not mean there is no management. – Lu Wei
Ann-Marie MacDonald Some people talk about children wanting to be born as though somewhere out there in the collective unconscious there’s a spirit, or a thought or an idea that wants to be born. And I sometimes feel that way about stories… that they’re there and they want to be told. – Ann-Marie MacDonald
Julian Clary I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn’t gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left. – Julian Clary
Mike Parson Missourians know all too well the destruction tornadoes can bring to schools and communities. – Mike Parson
FinanceWhit Stillman My friends in Paris are writers, or something like that, whereas my friends in New York are doing cool stuff in finance and living very different lives. In writing, it’s pretty solitary, so it doesn’t really matter who’s around. – Whit Stillman
ParentingPat Conroy I told my kids when they were little, ‘Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don’t understand how, or we wouldn’t do it. But we’re parents. So somehow we’re damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.’ – Pat Conroy
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