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Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
Author
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Oklahoma
United States
Sarah Leigh Fogleman
Always
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Organizations
People
Chance
Nerves
Fear
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Cool
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Persons
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Lies, Mr Solomon said the next morning as he walked into the classroom. We tell them to our friends, he said. We tell them to our enemies. And eventually...we tell them to ourselves.
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We're seniors. I know, I said So aren't you... curious? About what? About life. Out there. Life! she said again. Tell me, Cameron Ann Morgan, what do you want to be when you grow up? We'd reached another door, and I stopped and looked up at the camera that monitored the entrance, just as I whispered, Alive.
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I tell you, I'm half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon.
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...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).
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