"To call the American role in the world imperial was, for many who did so, a way of asserting that the United States was misusing its power beyond its borders and, in so doing, subverting its founding political principles within them."

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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.4, PublicAffairs

Michael Mandelbaum

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“I don't want to brag, but I have an amazing fanbase. My entire career has just been supported by them. I did just sign a record deal, but the whole thing is really just run by them. It's all based on my relationship with my fans. I call them friends and fans, because I hang out with a lot of them.”
“When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.”
“I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.”
“If you ask a stupid question, you may feel stupid; if you don't ask a stupid question, you remain stupid.”

Source : Tony Rothman (1995). “Instant Physics: From Aristotle to Einstein, and Beyond”, Ballantine Books
“You know...they say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant.”
“Kill the idea of the lone, suffering artist. Don't make it any harder on yourself.”
“I think you can tell a lot from the lives of many of today's great soloists. Their participation and gravitation towards chamber music is ever increasing.”
“Whatever we do must be in accord with human nature. We cannot drive people; we must direct their development. The general policy of the past has been to drive; but the era of force must give way to the era of knowledge, and the policy of the future will be to teach and lead, to the advantage of all concerned.”

Source : "Work, Wages, and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living". P. 116. Book by Henry Gantt, 1910.

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