"It's not knowing that drives you mad. It's imaging things that you wish you couldn't think up all by yourself."

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Jenny Valentine

#Thinking Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Mad Quotes

“You know, yes, you can always argue that a backdoor can be built that's more secure, you know, and more difficult to get to and only law enforcement's going to get there. But nobody in the field of security believes that's ultimately going to provide this same protection that a tight end-to-end solution has without a backdoor.”
“I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.”
“President Trump has been very public about the fact that Aleppo is a humanitarian crisis that's been all but ignored by America for far long.”
“En France particulie' rement, les mots ont plus d'empire que les ide es. In France particularly, words reign over ideas.”
“I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.”
“Memory is a political act. Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny.”

Source : James Carroll (2013). “Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War”, p.13, Metropolitan Books
“We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of global warming, or the precise timeline of global warming, we need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures, rising waters, and all the endless troubles that global warming will bring. We stand warned by serious and credible scientists across the world that time is short and the dangers are great. The most relevant question now is whether our own government is equal to the challenge.”
“My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.”

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