"I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English."

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A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.

— John O. Brennan