“I tell her, ‘All your life you were afraid to talk.’ I don’t want to live that way.” – Sergei Kanev, an investigative reporter in Russia, on his mother’s warning that his job is too dangerous.
Archive for June, 2009
Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
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“I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me.” – Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts
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“This is going to be one of the most complex diplomatic negotiations in the history of the world.” – Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, the co-sponsor of an energy bill being debated in the House of Representatives, who just returned from a week in China.
Osama Safa, director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies in Beirut
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“Lebanon is a telling case. It is no longer relevant for the extremists to use the anti-American card.” – Osama Safa, director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies in Beirut, on the victory of an American-backed coalition in parliamentary elections.
John Githongo, who is starting a nonprofit group in Kenya to mobilize rural people to press politicians to clean up corruption
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“Going after big fish hasn’t worked. The fish will not fry themselves.” – John Githongo, who is starting a nonprofit group in Kenya to mobilize rural people to press politicians to clean up corruption.