"We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not."

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Source : Ralph Peters (2004). “Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World”, p.133, Stackpole Books

Ralph Peters

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“I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.”

Source : "Actually, Motel 6 Doesn't Leave the Light on for You". Interview with Kimberly D. Williams, adage.com. August 30, 2007.
“... blueprints are like pets and children -- difficult to appreciate or understand unless they're yours.”
“Wow. Clearly, I need to find myself an ex-con. Since prison is probably the only place in this city I havenâ€™t looked for Mr. Right yet.”
“Feelings are memories. Memories are also feelings.”
“The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise of judgement, sensibility, and skill. The romanticist cannot be satisfied with such a normal standard; for him art is essentially irrational - an experience beyond normality, sometimes destructive of normality, and at the very least evocative of that state of wonder which is the state of mind induced by the immediately inexplicable.”
“As the season of believing seems to wind down let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings. Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire.”
“I was not prepared for the actual process itself; having to go to the shop and having some molds done.”
“I'm easily starstruck. Seeing Buster Posey or any actor, anyone at a restaurant, for me I get really starstruck, so just trying to calm myself down and say, "This is where I belong. This is what I've prepared my whole life to be doing."”

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