"Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship."

-- George F. Kennan

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“I suppose I'm not quite the oldest detective on the block - David Jason is. When's he going to retire and give rest of us a chance?! No, his Touch Of Frost is terrific and a wonderful antidote to the po-faced detective shows around at the moment. Anyway, I can't retire. I have a wife and five chickens to feed.”

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“There is no such thing as an unmusical person.”
“Every new friend is a new adventure... ...the start of more memories.”
“The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of others or by many of the circumstances and environmental influences that limit other people.”
“The ideal photographic document would appear to be without author or art.”
“We like to look out on the world and see ourselves, so we have many, many novels, memoirs, and short stories in Iraq that are largely about Americans in Iraq, doing what Americans do.”
“I laugh when I'm writing. I feel like all my work is funny to me.”
“If you have a dream, chase it no matter what it takes.”

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