Aldrich Ames Quotes
No one's interested really in knowing what policies or diplomatic initiatives or arms negotiations might have been compromised by me.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
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I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
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There are so many avenues to explore and stories to tell. It's just about finding new ways of telling them.
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Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
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I work out six days a week. Usually 45 minutes of running, then swimming and weightlifting.
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There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.
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The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.
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Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.
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People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.
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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.
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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
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One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.
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What the hell is an oboe?
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The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.
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This (stand-off) will not be resolved by military means, let's be clear about that.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
