#icu

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#agency #away #backed #conducting #difficulties

The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#ever #feeling #had #handled #i

The Soviet Union did not achieve victory over the West, so was my information inadequate to help them to victory, or did it play no particular role in their failure to achieve victory? ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#did #failure #help #inadequate #information

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

#always #any #back #conquering #difficulty

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#doing #easily #find #genius #impossible

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there. ↗

— Ron Glass

#character #difficult #difficulty #enjoy #find

Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will. ↗

— Jon Lee Anderson

#back #become #bring #brink #build

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#dance #fifth #long #particular #playing

Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#been #crazy #difficult #drive #intimate

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail. ↗

— Wes Anderson

#detail #i #obsessed #particularly #say