"Success demands paranoia."

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Source : Joseph Finder (2014). “Paranoia”, p.20, Head of Zeus

Joseph Finder

#Demand Quotes #Paranoia Quotes

“I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.”
“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.”

Source : Joanna Macy (1983). “Despair and personal power in the nuclear age”, New Society Pub
“There is a kind of preaching that God blesses, specifically the proclamation that exalts the crucified Christ by the power of the Spirit. Conversely, there is a kind of preaching that God does not bless, a mere echoing of manâ€™s empty wisdom that is devoid of Christ.”
“The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.”
“Pansy rolled over and went to sleep, but Petunia stayed awake long after Olga left, and long after Oliver crawled out from under the bed, grabbed some sandwiches, and slipped out the door. She hoped that he was going to Galen and Rose's room, and she hoped, too that he hadn't known she was awake when he had leaned over and kissed her hair. She wanted to savor that touch forever.”
“You may not be able to convince everyone around you that you're doing the right thing, but you don't have to subject yourself to endless second-guessing from others, either.”
“I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind when I came up with the song.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I counted them all out and I counted them all back.”

Source : On the number of British aeroplanes (which he was not permitted to disclose) joining the raid on Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands: BBC broadcast report, 1 May 1982, in 'Battle for the Falklands' (1982) p. 21

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