"It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless."

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Source : "Islam versus the West". Interview with Amanda Griscom-Little, www.rollingstone.com. August 7, 2003.

Robert D. Kaplan

#Rome Quotes #America Quotes #Empires Quotes

“Music and other forms of art are by far the most effective kind of social-work that exists. A single, nameless one-hit wonder brings more comfort to the world than almost any single psychologist can hope to in a lifetime”

Source : Ian Brennan (2016). “How Music Dies (or Lives): Field Recording and the Battle for Democracy in the Arts”, p.79, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Say no to death pies. Another good motto.”
“I can never stand in one place on stage for more than a minute and am always singing, dancing and jumping.”
“I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City.”
“Boards of directors are allowed to work together, so are banks and investors and corporations in alliances with one another and with powerful states. Thatâ€™s just fine. Itâ€™s just the poor who arenâ€™t supposed to cooperate.”
“Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their lives when they thought about whether they really wanted to wake up the next day. Wanting to die seems like it might be a part of being alive.”
“Imitate, assimilate, and innovate.”
“As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.”

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