"Defying History and Theory: The United States as the 'Last Remaining Superpower,'"

-- Josef Joffe

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“I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin.”
“People trust those leaders who show real results of their work, rather than those who just talk about the results.”
“At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water”
“What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it”
“As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy, and all alone in the house, the leaf shadows shifted and the afternoon passed.”
“First, the only certainty is that there is no certainty. Second, every decision as a consequence is a matter of weighing probabilities. Third, despite uncertainty we must decide and we must act. And lastly we need to judge decisions not only on the results, but how those decisions were made.”

Source : Robert E. Rubin's Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.treasury.gov. May 17, 1999.
“Jeb Bush admitted that he smoked a notable amount of pot in school. He said, 'You would too if your parents had named you 'Jeb.'”
“People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

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