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Another attempt to chip away at government’s sly emotional appeal of “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear”:
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One of the things that happens to careers out here is that people destroy themselves because they begin to think they're wonderful. They begin to think they know what they're doing, and the minute that happens, it's over. William Goldman
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