"The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war."

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Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.351, Princeton University Press

Robert Gilpin

#War Quotes #Historical Quotes #Records Quotes

“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.”

Source : Will Self's rules for writers, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.
“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”
“In this quiet, peaceful time of twilight there is, in this great circle of life, an awful lot of hunting and fishing and catching and killing and dying and eating going on all around me. As the old fisherman said, 'That's the way with life. Sometimes you eat well; sometimes you are well-eaten.'”
“I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“For about 150 days a year in Venice, the sun doesn't show through the mist until noon.”
“Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.”
“Somewhere along the way, without me even noticing, I grew up Alex. For once, I couldnâ€™t take advice from anyone around me about what I should or shouldnâ€™t do. I couldnâ€™t go running to mum and dad and I canâ€™t compare my marriage to anybody elseâ€™s, we all follow our own rules.”
“It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless.”

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