“Hollis believed that the one fatal flaw in the Soviet system was not economic, political, or military, but informational. Soviet facts had replaced truth and reality.”
― The Charm School
― The Charm School
“Oh, well, as a French philosopher once said, ‘People who worry about what others think of them would be surprised at how little they did.”
― The Charm School
― The Charm School
“There is a certain purity of the Russian soul, a fierce patriotism somewhat like our own and a half-assed belief which still lingers, that things will one day get better for them.”
― The Charm School
― The Charm School
“The man had been fed empty calories for the brain all his life, and it was no wonder his intellect was malnourished.”
― The Charm School
― The Charm School
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