Tom Clancy
"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
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"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
"الفرق بين الخيال والواقع؟ أن الخيال يجب أن يكون منطقياً."
Tom Clancy
"It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you."
"إن استخدام الحاسوب كأداة أمر، والسماح له بأن يفكر نيابة عنك أمر آخر تمامًا."
Tom Clancy
The Hunt for Red October
"One presidential advisor to another: If the world made sense, we'd all have to find honest work."
"لو كان العالم منطقياً، لاضطررنا جميعاً للبحث عن عمل شريف."
Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
"“One presidential advisor to another: If the world made sense, we'd all have to find honest work.”"
"قال مستشار رئاسي لآخر: لو استقام أمر الدنيا، لَ"
Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
"The U. S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us."
"الجيش الأمريكي هو نحن. لا يوجد تمثيل أصدق لأمة من أبنائها الذين ترسلهم إلى ساحة المعركة للقتال من أجلها. إن من يرتدون زينا ويحملون بنادقنا إلى القتال هم أبناؤنا، وواجبنا أن ندعمهم، لأنهم يحموننا."
Tom Clancy
"Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it."
"لا شيء أشد حقيقة من الحلم. قد يتغير العالم من حولك، لكن حلمك لا يتغير. قد تتبدل حياتك، لكن حلمك ليس مضطرًا لذلك. لا ينبغي للمسؤوليات أن تمحوه، ولا للواجبات أن تحجبه."
Tom Clancy
"There used to be this country called the Soviet Union it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs."
"كان هناك بلد يُدعى الاتحاد السوفيتي، لم يعد موجودًا الآن. كانت تقنيتنا أفضل من تقنيتهم."
Tom Clancy
"The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that."
"إن حال الإنسان اليوم خيرٌ مما كان عليه في أي وقت مضى، والتكنولوجيا إحدى أسباب ذلك."
Tom Clancy
"Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly."
"الكتب والأفلام عالمان فنيان متباينان، لكل منهما قوانينه الخاصة. ولهذا، يستحيل أن يتطابقا في النقل تماماً."
Tom Clancy
"I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?"
"كنتُ من أوائل الأجيال التي شاهدت التلفاز"
Tom Clancy
"In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line."
"في غمار المعركة، قد تغفر للرجل كل شيء إلا تردده عن خوض المخاطر. فبعض الأحيان، لا بد أن تضع كل ما لديك على المحك."
Tom Clancy
"The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people."
"التحكم بالمعلومات دأب النخبة على مر العصور، لا سيما في الأنظمة الاستبدادية. فالمعلومة، المعرفة، هي القوة. ومن يملك زمامها، يملك زمام الشعوب."
Tom Clancy
"There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives."
"كانت هناك حقبة اعتبرت فيها المسامير قمة التكنولوجيا. ومرّ زمن كان الناس بحاجة فيه إلى إرشاد حول كيفية استخدام الهاتف. إن التكنولوجيا ليست سوى أداة. يستخدمها البشر لتحسين حياتهم."
Tom Clancy
"Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed."
Tom Clancy
"I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story."
Tom Clancy
"Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if" and "What next" (A third question, "What now", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start."
Tom Clancy
"Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make new deposits."
Tom Clancy
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