And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.
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Alberto Moravia
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Sun Tzu
Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.
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Jim Butcher
Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.
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Ashly Lorenzana
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.
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Walter Scott
More Quotes By David Ignatius
Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.
If you walk into the front hallway of the CIA, you will see, on your left, a statue of William 'Wild Bill' Donovan. Bill Donovan was the person who created the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services, which was America's spy agency during World War...
The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence. It's not a very good spy agency, but it's good at running covert action.
Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.
Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do.
