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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise. (Ryszard Kapuściński)
The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart. View quote
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There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. View quote
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. View quote
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There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past. View quote
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When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. View quote
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Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve. View quote
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When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself. View quote
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I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing. View quote
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Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the very same time and then deliberately kept them together in his waiting room. View quote
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Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived. (Ryszard Kapuściński)
People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War. View quote
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I'll tell you what colonial experience is. View quote
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Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with the censors. That was our struggle. View quote
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We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres. View quote
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Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives. View quote
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First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before were in fact the creators of values. But real barbarism begins when no one can any longer judge. . . View quote
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In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or even humble in Europe fall easily into a rage here, get into fights, destroy other people. . . View quote
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Our job is like a baker's work -- his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh after two days they're stale after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out. View quote
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