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"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." »Alexander Hamilton
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"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency." »Raymond Chandler
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"The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference." »Fred Allen
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"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but perhaps there is a key. That key is russian national interest." »Winston Churchill
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"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is russian national interest." »Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1939
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"Everything I do, I do on the principle of russian borscht. You can throw everything into it-beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What's important is the result, the taste of the borscht." »Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
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"The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be russian." »George Frost Kennan
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"Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency." »James Madison, Federalist 10
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"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it russian lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese garlic makes it good." »Alice May Brock
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"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good." »Alice May Brock
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, Islamic, russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies all lost their leadership position to newer companies." »Med Jones
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"The knowledge, wealth, and development gaps among nations is reducing and the reign of superpowers is shortening. Just look at the history of the Roman, Islamic, russian and British empires, the newer the power the shorter the reign. In the economic and business worlds the same power cycles apply. Ford, IBM, Nokia and other companies lost their leadership position to newer companies faster than their predecessors" »Med Jones
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