"In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all."

-- Herbert Butterfield

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“The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.”
“My brother is a comic-book writer, and I was always in love with comics.”

Source : "FNL's Adrianne Palicki on learning to be a badass for Red Dawn and Wonder Woman". The A.V. Club Interview, www.avclub.com. November 21, 2012.
“I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.”
“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And when those plants were put into operation, they were required to have double and triple redundant safety systems.”
“Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.”
“I've been getting really into mixing, and there's kinda like an art to it I think. I feel like I still have a lot of ways to grow. But you can just watch the way that other people blend songs together, and it can be a pretty mind-blowing thing. And you can hear music in a very different way, depending on the way a DJ presents it.”
“I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.”
“My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.”

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