Sakkunthala Elil
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“Allan Dulles said it best: "Any intelligence service worth its salt can make the other fellow's currency." In other words, every nation needs to have its own airtight security measures, while at the same time be actively working in secret to reverse engineer those of the enemy faster than they can invent them.”
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.
Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
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Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
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“Intelligence is only as good as the consumer's ability to believe and utilize it.”
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
“The trick is that you have to believe the lie and believe it so much that the lie becomes the truth.”
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
― Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
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