"Iâ€™ve been an investigative reporter for a long time, and almost always, the government says that [â€˜you canâ€™t publish that because of the national security riskâ€™] when you write a story. And then they can never back it up. They say that about everything. And itâ€™s like the boy who cried wolf. Itâ€™s getting old."

-- James Risen

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“In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is not to investigate the essence of things-we do not at all know what this would mean&mash;but to develop those concepts that allow us to speak with each other about the events of nature in a fruitful manner.”
“Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand with, in many instances, customers from rich countries circumventing their national laws to exploit children in other countries. Sex tourism has spread its illicit wings wide, and paedophiles search for their victims in all parts of the globe. The problem is compounded by the criminal networks which benefit from the trade in children, and by collusion and corruption in many national settings.”
“Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.”
“Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.”
“I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.”
“Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.”
“There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.”
“My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights.”

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