"Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them."

Source : Mark Hertsgaard (2003). “The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World”, p.211, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Mark Hertsgaard

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“I have three brothers. Poor Mum; four boys.”
“I prefer to remain mysterious and have people MAKE their own judgment calls about me than to always have to EXPLAIN who I am and what Iâ€™m about.”

Source : Violet Grey interview, www.violetgrey.com.
“Cooperate on move one; thereafter, do whatever the other player did the previous move.”

Source : The two commands for his computer program,Tit forTat, designed at the University ofToronto. It outperformed all other programs at an international computer tournament in1979, and it continues to excel in tournaments.The programinitiates reciprocal cooperation yet responds in kind to provocation.
“When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.”
“Truth is weirder than any fiction I've seen.”
“In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do damage - including unfair damage - from afar. It is not that much different than waging a war by a drone than by hand-to-hand combat.”

Source : "Candidate Fundraising: Is This All Messed Up, or Am I Wrong?" by Greta Van Susteren, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2012.
“There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.”

Source : Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.2, New Riders
“I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.”

Source : Interview with Morty Ain, www.espn.com. October 06, 2011.

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