#insight

The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish. ↗

— Cofer Black

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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic. ↗

— Richard Eyre

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