“Culture is what we choose to repeat.”— Mark Richard Beaulieu Related Quotes “American political elites feel very empowered to criticize the American intelligence community for not doing enough when they feel in danger, and as soon as we’ve made them feel safe again, they feel equally empowered to complain that we’re doing too much.”— Michael Hayden “The more I come to know about the outside world’s perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.”— Jack Ma “I’m not used to people sticking around when things go bad,” she said, by way of explanation.”— Alexander Freed