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Jonathan Franzen

"It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council."

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"It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council."

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Akiroq Brost

"So life isn't exciting?" continued Gary. "Great. Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight. I'll still have a job on Monday. Yeah?" He turned and looked at Richard.Richard nodded, hesitantly. "Yeah."

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Akiroq Brost

"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,"

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"Weaponry is a fear-raising idea."

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"Security is a double-edged sword: While a fence sure protects the fenced, it also imprisons the protected."

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"We don't like security rules and laws, but without them men will be animals, perhaps the most dangerous animals."

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"Without security it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

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"I tapped my cup to his, grateful to have found Shaun, because for a minute there, I'd thought I was going to have to save myself. Instead, I'd wandered into the protective care of a sexy older man."

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Akiroq Brost

"Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities."

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"Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact."

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Akiroq Brost

"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

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