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1 " Panic is something that good operations officers plan for. "
― Tom Clancy , The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)
2 " The noblest of ideas have always been protected by warriors. "
3 " If you give people a firm opinion, you run the risk of being wrong. Guess what? People remember when you’re wrong a lot more often than when you’re right. So the tendency is to include all the possibilities. It’s intellectually honest, even. "
4 " after you stop believing in santa claus, the whole world just goes downhill "
5 " Only evil of my shadow is my enemy,well die of darkness of life! "
6 " You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together - what do you get? The sum of their fears." - Winston Churchill "
7 " how could a man lead without vision? "
8 " A nation achieves greatness by helping others to make peace, not by demonstrating prowess at war or commerce. "
9 " i am the most even-tempered man i know,' clark protested.'right, no one's ever lived long enough for you to get really mad. they're dead by the time you're mildly annoyed. "
10 " the ‘protective’ part seriously, ’kay?” John "
11 " Miten ihmeessä minä löysin sinut?""Sinä voitit minut. Elämän suurissa arpajaisissa sinä sait minut. Ja minä sinut. Luuletko että aviokumppanukset ansaitsevat toisensa? Kun ajattelee kaikkia niitä joita näen töissä ja jotka eivät onnistu siinä. Ehkä he eivät vain yritä, ehkä he vain unohtavat.""Unohtavat?"Sen mitä minäkin olin unohtaa. "'Hyvinä ja pahoina päivinä aina kuolemaan asti.' Muistatko? Minäkin annoin sen lupauksen. "
12 " The coat went over his shoulder. It was too hot here for that, and hotter still where he was going. He’d have to wear a coat there. It was expected, one of those curious rules of formal behavior that demanded the maximum discomfort to attain the proper degree of decorum. "
13 " Ryan was a tough, formidable son of a bitch who met things head-on when he had to. That’s his weakness, Wellington told himself. He prefers to meet things head-on. He lacks subtlety. It was a common failing of the honest, and a grievous weakness in a political environment. "
14 " million dollars, to be paid in a "
