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I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer's block for four decades. There's no other good reason.

~Errol Morris

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In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

~Eskinder Nega

Topics: Anomaly Antagonism Attraction Been Burden Carried Century Decades Dominated Historical History Leadership Least Long March Nation Norm One Nation Only Past Poles Politics Rarely States Two United United States World 21St Century

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It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show in decades.

~Ethan Coen

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A few decades ago, the Irish decided they were tired of being always near the bottom of Europe's economic indicators. So they envisioned a better future for their country, and they put their people on the right road to get there.

~Evan Bayh

Topics: Always Being Better Better Future Bottom Country Decades Decided Economic Envisioned Europe Few Future Get Irish Near People Put Right Right Road Road Tired Were

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Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay.

~Evan Davis

Topics: Actually Although Anything Because Being Cheaper Decades Does Economics Edit Editor Ever Given Higher Impressive Mainly Mean More Offer Pay Presumably Reflects Reporters Senior Sounds Status Than Two Which Bbc

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More than four decades after Nixon met Mao, the relationship between the U.S. and China has reached a pivotal moment. To date, even as China has become more powerful and present in our lives, Americans have generally found it to be an unsatisfying 'enemy.'

~Evan Osnos

Topics: After American Become Between China Date Decades Enemy Even Found Four Generally Lives Mao Met Moment More Nixon Our Our Lives Pivotal Powerful Present Reached Relationship Than

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Political prodigies are rare in a nation that grooms top leaders through decades of Communist Party road-testing and pageantry. And because Chairman Mao's cult of personality led the country into extremism, the Party spent the next three decades engineering its politicians to be as indistinguishable as possible.

~Evan Osnos

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What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.'

~Eve Arnold

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For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.

~F. Sionil Jose

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At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of the past are still clearly polished, and I can yet recall not just an abiding sense of place, but the keen smells, the sensory responses to the events of that past.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Abide Back Clearly Decades Easily Eight Events Fails Images Just Keen Last Look Many Me Memory Now Often Past Place Polished Recall Responses Sense Sensory Smells Still Though I Can

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