"Did bin Laden act alone, through his own al-Qaida network, in launching the attacks? About that I'm far more certain and emphatic: no."

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Source : "See No Evil (Part 2)" by Robert Baer, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2002.

Robert Baer

#Als Quotes #Launching Quotes #Certain Quotes

“Temptation is a suggested short cut to the realization of the highest at which I aim - not towards what I understand as evil, but towards what I understand as good.”
“I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.”
“The act of creation, making anything, is an alteration. We cannot eliminate the medium or ourselves from the process, and both are limited. We create decisive moments by devoting our time and attention to specific things. This is the greatest gift we can give anyone or anything - pieces of our life.”
“I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.”
“But a book suggests conversation: one person is speaking to another, and audible sound is, or should be, natural to that exchange. So I read aloud with myself as the audience, and gave voice to another's words.”

Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City: A Novel”, p.10, Random House
“He [Mitt Romney] didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that's true? Well, I'm not certain, but obviously he can't release those tax returns. How would it look?”
“Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.”
“And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl

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