Ryszard Kapuscinski

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.

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These are some quotes by Polish author Ryszard Kapuscinski Journalist, who was born on March 4, 1932.

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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.

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Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow.

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This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.

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