"Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers."

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Source : "David Kay Testifies Before Senate Committee". Cnn Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. January 28, 2004.

David Kay

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“All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.”
“Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.”
“I feel like I've lived the dream for sure, I'm the luckiest guy in the world and I never forget that. I always feel like I'm proof of positive thought and manifestation, and that faith is more important than talent. But if you have both you're really doing something.”
“I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.”
“Women and men look at their life, and women say, What do I need? Do I need more money, or do I need more time? And women are intelligent enough to say, I need more time. And so, women lead balanced lives; men should be learning from women.”
“The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again. And I cannot spend the rest of my life standing on the spot starting at shifting sunlight and mist and shadows across the sea.”

Source : Anne Perry (2010). “A Breach of Promise: A William Monk Novel”, p.57, Ballantine Books
“I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like it like that.”
“There are no innocent people in a guilty nation.”

Source : Nadeem Aslam (2013). “The Blind Man's Garden”, p.9, Faber & Faber

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