Jaime Ribeiro

“In launching Operation RYAN, Andropov broke the first rule of intelligence: never ask for confirmation of something you already believe. Hitler had been certain that the D-Day invasion force would land at Calais, so that is what his spies (with help from Allied double agents) told him, ensuring the success of the Normandy landings.”
― Ben Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

“By 1.15 a.m. all four Beatles headed out of EMI Studios into the light rain, each of them naturally unaware they were crossing a borderline. This was the last time all four would each be together at the same time inside a recording studio. Musically speaking, 20 August was the day when The Beatles as a band faded out of time but not out of memory.”
― Ken McNab, And In the End: The Last Days of The Beatles

“In all of life, but especially in war, the greatest power belongs to fortune. —CAESAR”
― Philip Freeman, Julius Caesar

“These fasces were a praetor’s visible symbol of the right to use force (hence our term fascism).”
― Philip Freeman, Julius Caesar