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We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

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When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

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Duets is about six people, so it's like three different movies - three different duets. I was on the set 18 days, spread out over three and a half or four weeks. ↗

— Scott Speedman

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Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

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Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Are you all right,” he whispered, his lips brushing the tips of my spiky hair. Granted, I knew he was only being discreet so as to save poor Hillary from being reamed again, but my knees didn’t know the difference. They betrayed me, buckling under his hot breath on my ear and the deep whisper that tickled my senses. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

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I'm certainly no victim in this. I don't want to come off as a sad sack; I pissed a lot of people off. ↗

— Harry Anderson

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None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family. ↗

— Meg X

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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

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