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“An individual analyst also can brainstorm to produce a wider range of ideas than a group might generate, without regard for other analysts’ egos, opinions, or objections.
However, an individual will not have the benefit of others’ perspectives to help develop the ideas as fully. Moreover, an individual may have difficulty breaking free of his or her cognitive biases without the benefit of a diverse group.”
― Central Intelligence Agency, A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis - Cognitive and Perceptual Biases, Reasoning Processes

“The reason why a lot of people discover that a vegan or vegetarian diet does not work for them is because they don’t make “whole foods” the foundation of their nutrition program but rather a lot of processed foods like breads, pastas, processed soy foods, chips, and other junk foods that don’t provide much positive nutrition.”
― Robert Cheeke, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

“Despite the more than thirty-year difference in our ages, I felt much more familiar with him than with friends my own age.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“Maybe it's still a bit of an affront to people, to fail to abide by the old clock of life.”
― Philip Roth, The Dying Animal