"Gambling was safer than war. More fun, too. Best of all, it gave him better odds."

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“We learn only to ask more questions.”

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“I had to grin. Morris was shocked and horrified. I'd shown him a brand new sin.”

“Sex was a game nobody lost.”

“Anyone who says human nature can't be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he's got to define human nature—and he can't.”

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"So how do we trust our politicians? Consistency is probably the best test. Of all the Democrats running for president, only Senator Bernie Sanders issued a statement of support for the Colorado protes…"

— John Kiriakou

Military1964

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"We have been keeping the peace in the Asia-Pacific theater for decades now, and the essence of the rebalance is to keep that peace and stability going, of which we have been a pivotal part. You ask ab…"

— アシュトン・カーター

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"A ruler that has but an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both."

— Peter the Great

Politics1672–1725

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"is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones. He is inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, insecure. He is the very pr…"

— Dorothy Thompson

Journalism1893–1961

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