"Clearly there are some things about WikiLeaks... the material is in part very interesting although none of it is a real game-changer. I think if I was an American I'd be rather proud that American diplomats are quite assiduous in the way that they chronicle issues. Of course the impact has been that the whole culture of sharing is going down the tube."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Misha Glenny

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.”

Source : Letter to George and Georgiana Keats, 24 September 1819, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 2, p. 213
“Waiting, done at really high speeds, will frequently look like something else.”
“The problem that is to solve urgently is the ignorance of the people.”
“Lavish credit on anyone and everyone who helped you the least bit.”
“Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.”
“Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!”
“Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.”

Source : Interview with Win Butler, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2011.
“The rhetoric is the first step, it coarsens attitudes”

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