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William Odom

"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

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"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

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Amber Hurdle

"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."

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Amber Hurdle

"Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right."

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Amber Hurdle

"As long one is not able to let go of the insistence on a certain opinion [faith, sect], he has not earned the right for Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. He is not worthy of Moksha if he is in the sect. He is only worthy of material happiness; he is worthy of a celestial life."

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Amber Hurdle

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

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Amber Hurdle

"I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot."

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Amber Hurdle

"Public opinion is to an unconventional idea - what abortion is to sperm."

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Amber Hurdle

"Much like humans, opinions come in all shapes and forms, but in the end, they are just what they are; and may yet still be categorized in nature. The first you might say is the Indoctrinal, which is, of course, dictated by community and necessity, by the human need for acceptance; secondly, there is the Personal, and this is often dictated by individuality, by the yearning to seem interesting and intelligent, or free, or special; and lastly comes the Emotional. This is most commonly dictated by circumstance and bitterness and excitement. However, rarely do we find the case in which any of these are dictated by reason in the pure state: it is by this we see that at the core of a number of false opinions lies not always misinformation but quite often some issue of the human self."

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Amber Hurdle

"The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter."

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Amber Hurdle

"I get depressed with these fluffy dragons and noble elves. Elves were never noble. They were cruel bastards. And I dislike heroes. You can't trust the buggers. They always let you down. I don't believe in the natural nobility of kings, because a large percentage of them in our history have turned out to be power-crazed idiots. And I certainly don't believe in the wisdom of wizards. I've worked with their modern equivalents, and I know what I'm talking about."

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"Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003."
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"Therefore, once U.S. forces leave, it is almost inevitable that an anti-Western, anti-U.S. regime will arise."
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"The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics."
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"So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind."
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"The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe."
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"I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation."
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"Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war."
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