Valerie Plame quotes
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“Young people in college were not even born when the Berlin Wall fell, and so they are not really cognizant of the Cold War and what that meant. Now, truly, the genie is out of the bottle and you have the possibility that terrorists ... could be stealing a bomb or buying a bomb”
-- Valerie PlameSource : "Is Obama's Nuclear Security Summit More Than a Symbolic Gesture?" by Huma Khan, abcnews.go.com. April 12, 2010.
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“Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible.”
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“No matter what age people are, I hope the lesson is to be engaged. Understand what your government is doing. Follow them. Ask questions. There is a price to be paid for speaking truth to power, but you can live through it.”
-- Valerie PlameSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“The emergent terrorist threats and the spread of nuclear technology and materials have made it much more likely that terrorists will get their hands on a nuclear weapon and that just changes the whole calculus. I love the quote by Rev. Richard Cizik: "If you've never changed your mind about anything, then pinch yourself, you might be dead." The world has changed and we need to start talking about this.”
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“I think human intelligence is the only one that will actually tell you intent.”
-- Valerie PlameSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“The Cold War has ended. It's very simple. We are no longer living in a bipolar world. The chances that we will go to war with Russia are pretty much ended. Mutually Assured Destruction was a doctrine that worked very well for decades as a deterrent, but the world has fundamentally changed.”
-- Valerie PlameSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“I think a nuclear detonation is society-altering in ways that other attacks, even as horrific as 9/11, are not. This isn't because we have power-hungry political leaders, but I think it might be demanded by the people themselves out of fear.”
-- Valerie PlameSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“I really believe that even with all of our problems, we're still the best nation in the world. The idea of the United States is why millions of people want to come here every year. The reality is sometimes different, and we certainly have many things to fix, but I really believe that we have in our national DNA the ability to be a great nation that leads the way to progress.”
-- Valerie PlameSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.”
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Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
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Source : "Aaron Tveit Will Be Received". Interview with Dawn Kay, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 4, 2013.
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