Defeated

It’s really fascinating. I’ve

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It’s really fascinating. I’ve never spent time in a place where they lost the wars, so it was interesting and I didn’t know much about the history of the country. I didn’t know they were under communist rule until the nineties. It’s this whole attitude of being defeated, and frowning on optimism and American way … Read more

Please, God,’ Ruth would

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Please, God,’ Ruth would pray, ‘don’t let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.’ She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But … Read more

Every device employed to

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Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit … Read more

So you wish to

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So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too… But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and … Read more

Neither the victories of

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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times; still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as … Read more