“By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.” StatesUnitedDealsEnemyUnited StatesDefinitionsDenyUnclear Author:George Tenet
“The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're good at fussing and figuring out. We function well in a sea of unknowns. Our experience has only prepared us to deal with confusion. A programmer who denies this is probably lying, or else is densely unaware of himself.” KnowsWellsLyingDealsSeaIgnoranceComputerFunctionConstantPreparedDenyConfusionExpertsProgrammersFussing Book:Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents Source: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
“There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people.” PeoplePoliticalDealsSupportPolicyPressureDenyUnnecessaryAbstinenceCondom Author:Hillary Clinton
“The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.” KnowsWayShowsMotivationalFacesSuccessMotivationFightingLossDealsLaughingStreetsInspireDenyRejectsSquaresGuestsLapTossUnwelcome Author:Michael Johnson
“I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny.” DoeStillsChurchDealsCatholicDenyCatholic Church Book:Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Christopher Hitchens: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if you don't deal properly with ancestor spirits, then they come back and infest the living in the form of things like depression, addictive patterns, and neuroses. We in the modern West completely deny the existence of these spirits or other types of entities. And because we've denied them, we may have opened the gates for them to manipulate us in a lot of ways.” IfsWayFeelsMayFormSpiritCultureDealsExistenceModernTypeInvolvedWestPatternsDenyDemonGatesDeniedAncestorEntityManipulateIndigenousNeurosisElementalsIndigenous Culture Author:Daniel Pinchbeck