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“The press pass and the a title of “journalist” had been replaced by a smart phone and a Twitter account.”
― Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
― Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
“What is the use of living if you cannot eat cheese and pickles?”
― Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
― Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
“So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. [Steve] Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
(Nytimes article, Sept. 10, 2014)”
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(Nytimes article, Sept. 10, 2014)”
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“Eccentricity is one of those English traits that look like frailty but mask a concealed strength; individuality disguised as oddity.”
― A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
― A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
“The policemen agreed they were living with a most peculiar fellow. One moment he was reading classical literature in the original French and quoting Tennyson, and the next he would be discussing the best way to blow up a train.”
― Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
― Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
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