Anne Applebaum Quotes
The Russian economy is about the size of the Italian economy; it's very small, and Russia's military force is larger than it was, because Putin's been investing in it, but it still doesn't compare to that of the United States, and his reach and aim still don't compare.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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'Habibi' is a complex and unapologetic work of fantasy - no idle undertaking for readers of any faith or no faith at all, but one well worth the trouble.
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Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.
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I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.
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Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.
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I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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If you want my answer about Donald Trump, you can Google it. It's everywhere. They've got this new thing called Google.
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A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices.
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When I tell people that I lost my baby weight through breastfeeding, they think I'm exaggerating. But it was brilliant for that. It is great for bonding with your baby. It is hard when no one else can feed her, but it was worth it for me. I loved it.
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I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally make up. But that is not the composition of my character.
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It's weird, when I go back to San Francisco, the few times that I've done shows there since leaving, it still feels like I live there. It's very, very strange for me. That's where my daughter was born, at UCSF. I have this huge attachment to San Francisco. It's like a love affair.
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Running to Mommy and Daddy on the campus grievance committee is unworthy of strong women.
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Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'
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Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.
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Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.
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A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.
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A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.
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The Russian economy is about the size of the Italian economy; it's very small, and Russia's military force is larger than it was, because Putin's been investing in it, but it still doesn't compare to that of the United States, and his reach and aim still don't compare.
