"Despite the creations of new sections, secret intelligence activity remained mistrusted and neglected in military circles, although there were a few enthusiasts like Baden-Powell, who went on foreign trips disguised as a butterfly collector and regarded spying as sport."

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Source : Clive Ponting (1990). “Secrecy in Britain”

Clive Ponting

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“As strange as it sounds, meditation may reveal that we are happier than we thought we were. We may discover that ancient conditioning rather than present circumstances is causing our dissatisfaction , and that this moment is quite sufficient or even wonderful, and we simply hadn't noticed.”
“I don't have a favorite cooking tool. In the kitchen, I always have my pencil and notebook in my hand. I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical. The pencil has a symbolic meaning for me. The type of person who carries a pencil around is the type of person who's open to change. Someone who walks around with a pen isn't; he's the opposite.”
“Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another.”
“Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China.”
“The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures.”
“It takes some experimentation to figure out what people like and don't like.”
“I think it was hiding a princess.”
“For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.”

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