Many times, over the last few years, I have been asked the same question: “Why has Ukraine gained such prominence in world politics?” I first encountered it in the context of the Maidan protests of 2013 and 2014, followed immediately by
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“In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling; and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.”
― Bring Up the Bodies
― Bring Up the Bodies
“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.”
― Kim
― Kim
“The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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