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According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrori

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts. – Ferdinand Mount

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For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want. – Ferdinand Mount

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For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 is involved or not (whatever is involved might mean). – Douglas Hofstadter

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Ive been called many things, but never an intellectual. – Tallulah Bankhead

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I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. – Rafik Hariri

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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that theres some intelligence behind the cartoons, and theres a lot of work thats gone into it, so it cant all be just a lie. – Damon Albarn

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