"Thereâ€™s just something hypnotic about maps."

--

Ken Jennings

“A policeman's lot is not a happy one”
“There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.”

Source : "The Bookseller of Kabul author cleared of invading Afghan family's privacy" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2011.
“Whatever I do, I always want to get better.”

Source : "People know I was the last true champion" by Thomas Hauser, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2006.
“It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear. You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I say coolly. I? I have no power.' Don't you? If you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.' They will remain protected,' Asha insists. No,' I say. 'Only untested' -page 569”
“Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact from times long gone.”
“Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.”
“I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.”
“I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.”

Source : "Bob Kerrey Will Call Your Bullshit" by Ted Genoways, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2012.

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