"The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it."

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Ryszard Kapuscinski

#War Quotes #Cynical Quotes #Way Quotes

“What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009.”
“Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.”
“If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.”
“We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.”
“To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction of poetry.”
“I cannot force a design; I do not see this process as being under my conscious control.”
“A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.”
“Gather therefore the Rose, whilst yet is prime, For soon comes age, that will her pride deflower: Gather the Rose of love, whilst yet is time.”

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