"I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies."

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Source : "The People v. The Torture Team: Six Questions for Law & Order’s René Balcer" by Scott Horton, harpers.org. October 5, 2009.

Rene Balcer

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“Our attempt at focusing must give way to the vacant all-embracing stare”

Source : Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.67, Univ of California Press
“You want to know if we're animals? When I'm on stage with the volume rippling my body like a glass of water and thousands of people are generating heat in my direction, there's no time for thought. My basement facilities take over completely. Sure it's animal. People might like to talk about art, but look where art is, in the gutter.”
“I guess maybe you donâ€™t get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles”
“Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.”
“I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.”

Source : "Elle Fanning Spills Her Biggest Fashion Risk!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. December 29, 2011.
“I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and I found it really disheartening. They wanted a pop hit, which I understand in terms of making money. I get that. But what they were going to ask of me was something I wasn't prepared to deliver and I felt kind of trapped. I just stopped writing. I just stopped. It was stifling.”
“I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.”
“We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.”

Source : "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Speech at the London Interparliamentary Conference". The Advocate of Peace, Volume 68, No. 9, archive.org. September 1906.

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