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“A atitude de Vossa Excelência na política da República tem sido esperar a marcha dos acontecimentos, colocando-se à frente destes, para guiá-los”, disse Getúlio a Pinheiro, numa frase que tempos depois o brasilianista John W. F. Dulles
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“When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring more meaning.”
― Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
― Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms
“If you can’t come into a room and tell right away who is for you and who is against you, you have no business in politics.”
― The Path to Power
― The Path to Power
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.”
― Netochka Nezvanova
― Netochka Nezvanova
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Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
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