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“We made a trip across the Mid-west, but were struck everywhere by the deadly uniformity of American life.”
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“I have been writing mainly on history and politics, and the choice was in some ways obvious for, like most of my contemporaries, I was at the mercy of political forces that we could not possibly influence and the question why this was the case constantly obtruded itself.”
― Best of Times, Worst of Times
― Best of Times, Worst of Times
“Without the cold and gloom of winter,
there'd be no warmth or light in spring.
Hard times have forged and tempered you,
turning your spirit into steel.”
― Reflections From Captivity: Phan Boi Chau's Prison Notes/Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary
there'd be no warmth or light in spring.
Hard times have forged and tempered you,
turning your spirit into steel.”
― Reflections From Captivity: Phan Boi Chau's Prison Notes/Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary
“It's not that I'm a genius, but it's just that I can't help it...”
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“I stood – and stand – wholeheartedly behind the nation-state of Israel … And wholeheartedly behind the peace process as the guarantor not only of Israel’s survival, but of the Palestinian survival also.”
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