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Self-reliant men, capable of extreme violence in defense of their lives, their families, and of freedom makes some people nervous.
What made a country? Borders, language, and culture. The Americans were doing away with all three.
The West believed they had won. It was that belief that allowed them to let down their guard, focus inward, find the wrongs in their society, and exploit and even exacerbate them for political gain. It was a myopic strategy. He had expected more of his Cold War rival. That they did not study or learn from their history did not bode well for their future. The death of the West. The USSR hadn’t needed ballistic missile submarines or a nuclear arsenal larger than the United States’. All they had needed to defeat the Americans was patience.
Nearsighted
Netflix or Amazon Prime, I get that loading icon that just spins until I want to rip it off the wall and throw it through a window.” “It’s a ‘throbber,’ an animated graphical control element.”
Katsa, a case officer for Israel’s intelligence agency.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is final. In a gunfight you must learn to be slow in a hurry.
EVERYTHING COMES IN TIME TO HIM WHO KNOWS HOW TO WAIT. —LEO TOLSTOY, WAR AND PEACE
He was comfortable being uncomfortable.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” The mind remains the most capable and lethal of weapons.
