"Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians."

Source : "The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means" by Robin Cook, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2005.

Robin Cook

#Agency Quotes #Occupation Quotes #Als Quotes

“After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or a novel, I find that when it's still fresh in my mind I'm either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I'm unable to make substantive edits of any value.”
“A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.”

Source : Edward Albee, Philip C. Kolin (1988). “Conversations with Edward Albee”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.”
“The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.”
“Underground and alternative comics existed in a vacuum for years, where money really wasn't an issue. No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Make your life a dream, and a dream a reality.”
“The gear you can't afford is not the barrier keeping you from success. Gear has very little to do with photography.”

Source : Chase Jarvis (2009). “The Best Camera Is The One That's With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis”, p.114, New Riders
“The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.”

Source : "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.

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