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A triumph in which Kissinger could claim to have played some little part, in the presidential elections that November, President Richard Nixon had won the second greatest landslide in American history. Forty-seven million Americans had voted for him - and for his and Kissinger's policies - representing more than 60 percent of all the votes cast.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: American American History Cast Claim Could Elections Greatest Had Him His History Kissinger Landslide Little Million More Nixon November Part Percent Played Policies President Presidential Representing Richard Richard Nixon Second Some Than Triumph Voted Votes Which Won

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Mikheil Saakashvili can claim that 80 per cent of Georgians wanted to join NATO; on the other hand, a similar percentage of Russians would almost certainly support Putin's quest for a strong Russia. We would mistake this mood at our peril.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: Almost Cent Certainly Claim Georgian Hand Join Mistake Mood Nato Other Our Per Percentage Peril Putin Quest Russia Russians Similar Strong Support Wanted Would

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Living in Manhattan opened me to whole new sets of things to envy, study, gather and imagine stealing. A full-size 1809 German harp, beautifully painted with three goddesses, covered in a pea-green coat of great silvery refinement: mine for $180. Though all its strings were broken, its beauty let it claim a quarter of my one - bedroom.

~Allan Gurganus

Topics: Beautifully Beauty Bedroom Broken Claim Coat Covered Envy Gather German Goddesses Great Harp Imagine Living Manhattan Me Mine New Opened Painted Quarter Refinement Sets Stealing Strings Study Things Though Three Were Whole

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The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

~Alva Myrdal

Topics: Ambition Among Become Cannot Claim Disputes Eternal Eternal Peace Hearts Lay Leading Longing Men Nations Peace Present Rooted Solving Striving Way Which

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As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.

~Amandla Stenberg

Topics: Binary Came Claim Could Explore Feminist Gender Had How Identifying Identity Know Necessarily Proud Realization Started Then Thought Title Without Woman Women I Can I Came

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I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

~Amor Towles

Topics: After Always Anymore Claim Few Inside Make Thought Writer Writing Years You

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And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

~Amos Oz

Topics: Another Been Between Claim Clash Conflict Convincing Israeli-Palestinian Land Less Over Painful Powerful Respect Tragedy Very

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'Normal' is not clinical, it's not autobiographical, and I don't claim to be objective. It's strictly my perceptions and thoughts about the people that I met and the stories that I heard. It was never meant to be an academic work.

~Amy Bloom

Topics: About Academic Autobiographical Claim Clinical Heard Meant Meant To Be Met Never Normal Objective People Perceptions Stories Strictly Thoughts Work

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I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: Claim Fame Guess Kennedy Now Order Ted Twice

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If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

~Anand Mahindra

Topics: Arrogance Claim Contribute Control Desire Empathy False Humble Humility Life Many Much People Results Rooted Some True Understanding Whatever You

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