Quotes by Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.”

“What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?”

“The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions.”

“You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”

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“One thoughtful Evangelical pastor said he approved of using the massacre for recruitment, as long as it was truly done for God. He bristled at "spiritual headhunters, just racking up another scalp....”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions.”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“from the Basement tapes Eric outdid Dylan with the apologies. To the untrained eye, he seemed sincere. The psychologists on the case found Eric less convincing. They saw a psychopath. Classic. He e...”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“Reverend Don Marxhausen disagreed with all the riffs on Satan. He saw two boys with hate in their eyes and assault weapons in their hands. He saw a society that needed to figure out how and why - f...”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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“The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.”

— Dave Cullen, Columbine

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