"You're pretty smart for a Fed." "I missed a bunch of questions on the entrance exam on purpose so that I could get into the agency."

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Source : Diana Rowland (2009). “Mark of the Demon”, p.321, Bantam

Diana Rowland

#Smart Quotes #Agency Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Any kind of sequence when you have to express physical space and time can be difficult to story-tell because, if you're sitting there watching it like it's a play or something, your mind can track what's going on, or if you're watching an actual fight you can kind of track what's going on, but as soon as you have to start telling the story and tracking for the audience, it becomes much more complicated.”

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“We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.”
“Everybody in Texas would tell me that they thought I was nuts trying to start Southwest Airlines. There probably weren't 10 people in the state who would have given a plug nickel for our chances of making a dollar. So sometimes, you need a little courage, too, just to buck popular opinion.”
“Our life seems cursed to be a wiggle merely, and a wandering without end.”
“Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete history of his country during the long period in which he was the most prominent actor.”

Source : Jared Sparks (1853). “The life of George Washington”, p.6
“I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school until junior high. I don't believe in transmigration or anything like that. I have resentment for being forced to believe in something. I will always think of the church as an institution and not a comfort.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“America’s drug problem is not going to be solved in courtrooms or legislative hearing rooms by judges and politicians. It will be solved in living rooms and dining rooms and across kitchen tables – by parents and families.”
“I tried water polo and my horse drownedthat was a nightmare.”

Source : "Lee Evans: Wired and Wonderful - Live at Wembley". Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2002.

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