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“Despite its increased dependence on the international economy, America continues to behave as if it were either a closed economy or the leader whom everyone else should automatically follow.”
Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.369, Princeton University Press
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“You can tell a person's religion 85 percent of the time from their phone records.”
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“Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank conservatism for good.”
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“Because you have seen something doesn't mean you can explain it. Differing interpretations will always abound, even when good minds come to bear. The kernel of indisputable information is a dot in space; interpretations grow out of the desire to make this point a line, to give it direction. The directions in which it can be sent, the uses to which it can be put by a culturally, professionally, and geographically diverse society are almost without limit. The possibilities make good scientists chary.”
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“Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.”
Source : Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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“I am an artsy girl. It's no secret that I am artsy, you know.”
Source : Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.
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“Sooner or later, we will face a catastrophic threat from space. Of all the possible threats, only a gigantic asteroid hit can destroy the entire planet. If we prepare now, we better our odds of survival. The dinosaurs never knew what hit them.”
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“Hate is a place where a man who can’t stand sadness goes.”