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Following the 2015 migration crisis, populist-right parties in much of Europe built on previous gains to post record numbers. The floodwaters were creeping up. It seemed the radical right was either in power or on the cusp of it. These
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“People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.”
― Casino Royale
― Casino Royale
“Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race”
― The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
― The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
“History is never tidy.”
― The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
― The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
― Casino Royale
― Casino Royale
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”
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