John Perkins
John Perkins
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What if it was a stranded motorist getting shot in the chest?
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When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.
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The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.
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We want to have enough units to entice senior citizens to stay. Seventy-two is not enough.
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We would like a developer to have a component for senior housing. There is a potential for 72 units.
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We never met Kirby, we didn't know Kirby, but you feel like you know him. He was part of our lives, with going to games.
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We're aware that there's a worldwide shortage of refinery capacity and to that extent, we've let it be known that we'd be amenable to discussing the possibility in Nova Scotia, and we have had discussions with a couple of parties.
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When 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing, and the only way that we're going to feel secure about ourselves again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world.
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We were just thinking the ball was going to go out of the park and he jumps up from nowhere.
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We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.
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The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are
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I have come to understand that life is composed of a series of coincidences. How we react to these - how we exercise what some refer to as free will - is everything; the choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determine who we are.