"Former lefties can make a good living in the media by attacking their ex-comrades - I'd do it myself if the price was right."

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Source : "The Rebels who changed their tune to be pundits". New Statesman, August 12, 2002.

Nick Cohen

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“Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.”

Source : Twitter post from
“You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.”
“There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.”
“Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told the truth about what really went on in your family, a long bony white finger would emerge from a cloud and point to you, while a chilling voice thundered, "We *told* you not to tell." But that was then. Just put down on paper everything you can remember now about your parents and siblings and relatives and neighbors, and we will deal with libel later on.”
“The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control over the outcome.”

Source : Peter L. Bernstein (2012). “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk”, p.239, John Wiley & Sons
“I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring”
“We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.”
“My first language, the true language of the soul spoken only on our planet of origin, had no word for betrayal or traitor. Or even loyalty- because without the opposite, the concept had no meaning.”

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