"Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat."

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Source : Mac Barnett (2009). “The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

Mac Barnett

#Hands Quotes #Experts Quotes #Agents Quotes

“I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.”
“The first thing to remember is the dual nature of your mind. The subconscious mind is constantly amenable to the power of suggestion; furthermore the subconscious mind has complete control of the functions, conditions, and sensations of your body. Trust the subconscious mind to heal you. It made your body, and it knows all of its processes and functions. It knows much more than your conscious mind about healing and restoring you to perfect balance.”
“You have to wait together - for a week, for a year, for a lifetime, before the final intimate conversation may be attained ... and exhausted. So that ... That in effect was love.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (1964). “Parade's End: A man could stand up”
“Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.”
“A secret blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure regime change even before he took power in January 2001... It has been called a secret blueprint for US global domination. ... A small group of people with a plan to remove Saddam Hussein long before George W. Bush was elected president. ... And 9/11 provided the opportunity to set it in motion. Not since Mein Kampf has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed years ahead of the blow.”
“It is clear to me that unless we connect directly with the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save it.”

Source : Helen Caldicott (2009). “If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth (Revised and Updated)”, p.235, W. W. Norton & Company
“A lot of peopletell me I'm a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.”
“My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of my soul. My soul is mine, but my soul is not me, My soul is an expression of me - for I am.”

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