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While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are? ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#basic #invite #just #presidents #question

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#actually #argued #came #each #ebert

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#agent #am #assigned #clearly #current

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

#i #loathe #narcissism #vanity

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#bad #civil #conflict #easier #find

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#confidentiality #essential #information #intelligence #limits

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#cases #collect #confidential #convicted #court

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#confession #good #only #rather #remedy

With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#around #assumptions #everyone #expectations #film