Intelligence people are no different from anybody else. They have preconceptions, and when they see them in real life, it reinforces how brilliant they think they are.

Tom Clancy
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  1. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
  2. I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.
  3. If you don't write it down, then it never happened
  4. Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.
  5. Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.
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