Quote by Fareed Zakaria
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two t

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail. – Fareed Zakaria

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The Berlin Wall wasnt the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. – Fareed Zakaria

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War
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didnt mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense – the idea that anyone can make it. – Fareed Zakaria

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Change
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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught. – Sydney J. Harris

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Promises

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. – Norman Douglas

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Promises

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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Promises

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a witty person, but a pebble in the hands of a fool. – Author Unknown

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A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. – Louis Kahn

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architecture

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things. – Pablo Picasso

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I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches. – Tim Robbins

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Peace