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" Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will. "

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" Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us. "

" The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally. "

" Photographer James Nachtwey has spent his professional life in the places people most want to avoid: war zones and refugee camps, the city flattened by an earthquake, the village swallowed by a flood, the farm hollowed out by famine. "

" The crossroads of science and politics is a dodgy place. "

" Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers. "

" Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids. "

" There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list. "

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Making Mistakes

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