The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.
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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
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The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.
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People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War.
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The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.
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The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it.
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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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I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
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He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.
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Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.
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