"Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate."

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Source : Michael Mandelbaum (2009). “The Case for Goliath: How America Acts As the World's Government in the Twenty-First Century”, p.9, PublicAffairs

Michael Mandelbaum

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“What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.”
“Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.”
“You think you can say a few words and end us? There is no end, Eva." he flattened me into the side of the car. I was pinned by six feet, two inches of violently aroused male.”
“What is necessary is never a risk.”

Source : "Mémoires". Book by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, 1718.
“When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.”

Source : "The Devil in Tom Ellis". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2015.
“We do believe the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate. They cannot be legitimate as they do not have a national mandate for running the country, which speaks for itself. At the same time, we do not refuse to deal with them. We stay in touch at the ministerial level.”
“I'm really so singular, I am only able to work on one thing at a time. I really am.”

Source : "Interview: Jonathan Glazer Talks The Guerilla Shoot Of His Bold ‘Under The Skin’ Starring Scarlett Johansson". Interview with Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. September 12, 2013.
“Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn between Catholicism, Buddhism, and his own demon-driven pursuit of kicks, between spirit and flesh, between mom's house and the Beat coffeehouse, patriotism and subversion, men and women, society and solitude, carousing and meditation, sacred and profane, secular and divine. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.”

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