All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You read more

All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You want someone nondescript. The ideal spy is 5-foot-6 and kind of dumpy.

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, read more

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.

I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,'

I need my space and that's what they're saying -- 'I'd like to have my space,'

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries.

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am read more

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.

It was a big relief for me. Our team needs to make a push and I think with both of read more

It was a big relief for me. Our team needs to make a push and I think with both of us being healthy on the court at the same time, we can do that.

What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close read more

What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close down us, noncommercial NGOs, which remain the last bastion of the Russian civil society not controlled by the government.

It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here.

It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here.

He's the rock around which we normally build our innings.

He's the rock around which we normally build our innings.