"The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still."

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Source : Robert Ludlum (2013). “The Jason Bourne Series 3-Book Bundle: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum”, p.465, Bantam

Robert Ludlum

#Lying Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“I do not doubt that services like social games and coupons bring delight to peoples lives, and I mean no disrespect to the hard work that has made them possible. But in the face of threats to humanitys future on the one hand and the extraordinary potential of mankind on the other, at some point we must ask: are we capable of more?”
“But hail thou Goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue.”
“Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth.”
“Don't get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.”
“There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.”
“The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.”
“If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits.”

Source : William J. Bennett (1993). “The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories”, Simon and Schuster
“About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.”

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