Barry Eisler
Related 'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group o... ICE CUBE First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan COFER BLACK I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate ag... PAM BONDI Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the ... DEIDRE HALL Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believ... HANOI HANNAH BOB BECKEL 'Twenty One Pilots' is a play by Arthur Miller, who also wrote 'All My Sons.' It'... JOSH DUN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON In elementary school, I loved the 'Bailey School Kids' series. It was about a group of class... TYLER OAKLEY Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by t... GORDON SINCLAIR VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH MICHAEL HAYDEN CHARLIE PUTH Kickback is a police thriller which I wrote. I'm very proud of it. I did it in two parts for Fra... DAVID LLOYD RICHARD PERLE GLENN GREENWALD It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to t... KEVIN O'LEARY ALAN GREENSPAN Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terr... DEIDRE HALL TERRY PRATCHETT LEMONY SNICKET My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongs... ELLIOT ACKERMAN CINDY SHEEHAN Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terro... STEPHEN HADLEY JIM DEMINT AARON SORKIN CANDACE BUSHNELL 'War on terror' is a misnomer. It would be like calling America's involvement in World W... DINESH D'SOUZA It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR KATE CHRISTENSEN KENNETH R. MILLER JON PARDI HENRY JAMES DAVID BERGEN I wrote my first textbook in 1970. It was called 'The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy... IRVIN D. YALOM C. JOYBELL C. Since the start of the war on terror, the intelligence community, led by the CIA, has revived the us... ALFRED MCCOY Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. SARAH J. MAAS Many senior government officials, CIA, FBI, counter terrorism officials - when they look back at the... RICHARD ENGEL DAVID IGNATIUS DAN LIPINSKI TIM BURTON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH LEMONY SNICKET LEMONY SNICKET LEMONY SNICKET BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA JOHN REID I was always the kid at the side of the playground, looking at the other kids. I didn't know how... RICHARD COYLE MARYJANICE DAVIDSON CYNTHIA WEIL I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX JASON AARON Our ability to turn over control to a peaceful and sovereign Iraqi government is an integral part of... ELIZABETH DOLE We have heard of not a single, government surveillance of a pro-war group. And I doubt we will ever ... GERALD WEBER My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film. I have two scripts ready. One of th... DHANUSH AL FRANKEN ALEXANDER HAIG JACK NICHOLSON BENIGNO AQUINO III BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA ANGELA CARTER In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'... STEPHEN E. AMBROSE AARON MCGRUDER I make hats. I'm on a hat frenzy. I'm on my eighth and I love it. AMANDA SEYFRIED A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the American... SERGIO TRONCOSO BOB WOODWARD There have been no CIA jails in Poland and there are no CIA jails or prisoners. ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI I had to take a big risk by writing my young adult book series 'The A Circuit' and putting m... GEORGINA BLOOMBERG DORIS LESSING EDMUND MORGAN I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the... JOSEPH GATT SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS GEORGE R.R. MARTIN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS DOC HASTINGS For years, the Bush Administration eviscerated all the military and legal structures that were desig... ALEX GIBNEY JENS LEKMAN STEVEN PRESSFIELD C. JOYBELL C. BILL CLINTON We probably haven't seen the variety and diversity of threats to Americans' safety and well-... DAN COATS STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY
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Ever since 9/11, our intelligence agencies, as part of the 'war on terror,' have expanded th... 
My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids ... 
When I was director of the CIA, I knew that we had been - and I'm choosing my words very careful... 
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The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens ... 
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And in a nasty war, where's the best place to be? Apart from on the moon, o' course? No one?"
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My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She ... 
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. 
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I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... 
You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. 
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As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives fo... 
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Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over 
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The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison 
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Hodor," said Hodor. 
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I am about as detailed as a shadow. 
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. 
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