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Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that side.

~Alan Huffman

Topics: Clearly Embedded Enemy Greatest Historically Journalists Means Side Themselves Threat War Which

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Ever since we've had electronic communications, and particularly during a time of war, presidents have authorized the electronic surveillance of the enemy.

~Alberto Gonzales

Topics: Authorized Communications Electronic Enemy Ever Had Particularly Presidents Since Surveillance Time War

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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Anarchy Common Efficiency Enemy Freedom Life Second Total Worst

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Soldiers willingly, sometimes foolishly, risk their own lives to keep their comrades out of enemy hands.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Comrades Enemy Foolishly Hands Keep Lives Out Own Risk Soldiers Sometimes Willingly

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Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that moviegoers are willing to stay in their seats. Naturally, compression is necessary. So are the exclusion and amalgamation of characters so that the viewer does not become bewildered.

~Alex Gibney

Topics: Become Bewildered Characters Does Enemy Every Exclusion Faced Film Fit Minutes Much Naturally Necessary Only Seats Stay Story Time Viewer Willing

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Television and movies were our biggest teachers. When we came to the United States, the Vietnam War was just ratcheting up. And so the Asian faces that I saw on the news, they were the face of the enemy. Asian men, particularly, were either small, ineffective, or they were evil. And those messages were deeply, deeply embedded in me for many years.

~Alex Tizon

Topics: Asian Biggest Came Deeply Either Embedded Enemy Evil Face Faces Ineffective Just Many Me Men Messages Movies News Our Particularly Saw Small States Teachers Television Those United United States Up Vietnam Vietnam War War Were Years

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I've spent so much of life thinking of my body as my enemy.

~Alex Weisman

Topics: Body Enemy Life Much Spent Thinking

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People are often very limiting to themselves and can be their own worst enemy.

~Alex Wolff

Topics: Enemy Limiting Often Own People Themselves Very Worst

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The qualities that make parties such a nightmare for people - and also so pleasurable - make them incredibly important inside of fiction. There's a chaos agent quality to them: You just don't know who's going to be there or why. You could run into an old enemy, an old friend, an old friend who's become an enemy.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: Agent Also Become Chaos Could Enemy Fiction Friend Going Important Incredibly Inside Just Know Make Nightmare Old Old Friend Parties People Pleasurable Qualities Quality Run Them Why You

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How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.

~Alexander The Great

Topics: Battle Been Died Enemy Fall Far Friends Had Happy How Me More Noble Rage Sacrifice Slain Than Victim

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