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"In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential."
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"Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along?"
"It is easy to be intelligent, but it is very difficult to be wise because wisdom comes from experience."
"Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning of life. This simple evolutionary fact itself implies the gravitas of human life."
"You have to be smart to get what you want."
"Our head is designed to broaden our capability of analyzing facts, events and draw the right conclusions."
"Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness."
"To have contrary [negative, wrong] intellect has become an odd rule in this current era, hasn't it? The one who proceeds with caution will win."
"Every part of you is a master intelligence and is speaking truth to you, and through you, at all times."
"Brilliance of the brain must be admired more than beauty of the body."
"The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something."
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"If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk."
"In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential."
"Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime."
"I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops."
"You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services."
"The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more."
"I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism."
"The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed."
"Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential."
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