"If you are not setting a trap, then you are probably walking into one. It is the mark of the master to do both at once."

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Source : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.170, Penguin

Jedediah Berry

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“Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.”
“In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.”
“Every deadline was a crisis â€¦ No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink in whatever blood vessel leads into the pineal gland â€¦ On the other hand, it might easily be something as simple and basically perverse as whatever instinct it is that causes a jackrabbit to wait until the last possible second to dart across the road in front of a speeding car.”
“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”
“All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.”
“I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this, "OK, if one more person talks, everybody is going to Hell."”
“Caesar is not above the grammarians.”
“Armenia categorically rejects the resumption of military hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh as an option. In case Azerbaijan resorts to military aggression, Armenia will have no other choice but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and to employ all its capabilities to ensure the security of the people of Artsakh.”

Source : Remarks by The President of the Republic of Armenia H.E. Serzh Sargsyan at the OSCE Meeting of the Heads of State or Government (Summit), www.president.am. December 02, 2010.

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