"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."

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Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.369, Princeton University Press

Robert Gilpin

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“I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.”
“Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.”

Source : "Labour's mature patriotism over Europe" by Douglas Alexander, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2011.
“contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century.”
“To win you must have talent and desire Â but desire is first.”
“My father was a great actor.”
“Time flies, dreams die, people lose faith, Tryna hide behind a lie with a straight face.”
“The Bible is forbidding when you start to read it. The language is odd. The stories start and stop herkily-jerkily. The characters behave in inexplicable ways. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm of the book. I found reading the first 15 chapters of Genesis very very difficult. Once I got past there, I loved reading, and found it very easy. When you get used to the Bible, it becomes thrilling to read (like any great book - I just had exactly the same experience with the Odyssey).”

Source : "Biblically Speaking". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.
“Iâ€™m a believer in luck and think the social conditions youâ€™re born into provide the opportunity for you to prove your luck. And I suppose Iâ€™ve been lucky.”

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