{"author":"Brad Meltzer","author_id":"Brad+Meltzer","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["analysis","introspection","memories"],"id":19411,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["adoption","parents","self-awareness","self-discovery"],"id":25608,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"...This cryptic game of hide-and-seek is what makes it one of the greatest historical mysteries. So many of the symbols can be interpreted in so many different ways, there's always the possibility that all we're really looking at is a blank slate onto which anything can be read.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["blank-slate","clues","conspiracies","conspiracy","conspiracy-theories","conspiracy-theory","critical-thinking","cryptic","following-clues","hide-and-seek","interpretation","interpreting-literature","mysteries","mystery","possibilities","projecting","reading-into-everything","reading-into-things","symbolism","symbology","symbology-transference","symbols"],"id":39806,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"You see, it doesn't matter if they're wrong. From 9/11 to recent shootings here in the United States, there's nothing more dangerous than a true believer on his own crazy mission.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["belief","conspiracies","conspiracists","conspiracy-theories","conspiracy-theory","danger","dangerous-minds","fundamentalism","fundamentalists","missions","radicalism","radicals","terror","terrorism","terrorists","true-belief","true-believers","warfare","zealotry","zealots"],"id":74928,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"Today, I don't believe in destiny. But I do believe in history...There's nothing more powerful than history...","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["history"],"id":91963,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"Indeed, to this day, I think if you blame everything on the government, you're not just wrong, you're being reckless. It's as silly as blaming everything on the Freemasons, or the Illuminati, or insert-bad-guy-here. But I do believe that someone must ask the hard questions, especially of our elected officials as well as powerful men who become members of so-called secret societies. Remember: Governments don't lie. People lie. And if you want the real story, you need to find out more about those people.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["blame","blaming-others","conspiracies","conspiracy","conspiracy-theories","conspiracy-theory","finding-truth","government","guilt","history","investigation","journalism","lies","lying","question-everything","questions","skepticism","skeptics","truth"],"id":93377,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"Don't go to eighth grade...Don't talk about something old...Don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["the-present","today"],"id":109029,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["lies"],"id":114355,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"...When you go down a dark alley and you feel that tingling across the back of your neck, that's not just a bad feeling, that's a biological gift from God - the Gift of Fear...When you ignore that gift - when you go down the dark alley and say, Y'know, I'm sure it'll be okay - that's when you find real pain.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["fear"],"id":137323,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"},{"text":"...Can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.","author":"Brad Meltzer","tags":["future"],"id":170070,"author_id":"Brad+Meltzer"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}