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I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts. ”
To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states. ”
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs. ”
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ”
Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate. ”
If the presidential nominating process were an international sports competition, one would assume that top officials of both parties were taking envelopes of cash from town chairs in Durham and precinct captains in Waterloo. ”
While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event. ”
Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda. ”
I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated. ”
I want London to be the global sporting capital. ”