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Tom Clancy Quotes: There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.
         

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.


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There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.



Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.



The good old days are now.

The good old days are now.



Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.



The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.



The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.



What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.



Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.



The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.



Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."





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You will make a perfectly rational mistake: You will assume that sooner or later the paradigm you are presently practicing (which has been mostly successful) will solve all the rest of your problems.



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Only the present exists. The past is gone, and the future has not yet happened. There is only ever time present.



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These are the effects of doting age,--vain doubts and idle cares and over caution.



I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

I can't control what people think. They know who I am.



Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.

Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.



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If I were directing a movie, it would scare me.




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