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Valerie Plame Quotes

American - Writer | August 13, 1963 -

My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.

Life Live Think Luxury You Choose

I am angry when I hear things like Cheney whispering into Bush's ear on the way to Obama's inauguration to ask him to pardon 'Scooter' Libby and not to 'leave a soldier on the battlefield'. What kind of metaphor is that for his petty partisan views, when you have men and women giving the ultimate sacrifice? I have nothing but contempt.

Women Men Sacrifice Angry I Am You

We need the best and the brightest to go into public service.

Service Best Public Service Go Need

Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.

Marriage Liar Dark Places Individual

We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.

Good Start New Done More Beginnings

My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been there, and later, deeply disturbing stories of the CIA's involvement in torture. Still, I got to do work I thought was incredibly important and, many times, had fun doing it.

Work Funny Creative Smart Fun Doing

I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.

World Believe Terrorism Ominous Most

I think, honestly, my largest concern, there are a lot of unbalanced people out there, and all of a sudden, I'm the CIA poster girl, and our home in Washington, the front door was about 20 feet from the street. I went to the agency at a certain point and asked for security on a residence.

Home Girl People Door Feet Think

One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.

Hope Me World Curiosity Never About

We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.

Love Live Hate Violence Rules Hand

Privatization is more efficient and effective in some cases, but not in intelligence.

Intelligence More Some Effective

These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds. It's all about power and the abuse of power.

Power Words Government Constitution

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