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“The Bolsheviks did not seize power; they picked it up.”

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Adam Ulam, born on April 8, 1922 in Poland and died on March 28, 2000 in the United States, was a renowned American historian known for his in-depth research on the Cold War. more

“The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who wrote and edited at different times with widely divergent aims. This sacred work of so many epochs and so many hands contains some facts of provable history, some stories of unprovable myth, some poetry of soaring beauty, and many passages of unintelligible, perhaps coded, perhaps simply mistranslated, mystery. Most of it is written not to recount events but to promote a higher truth—the relationship of one people and their God.”

People Book Different Facts Stories Hands Written Mystery Events Higher Aim Sacred Library Myth Passages Documents Mystical Soar Divergent Different Times Edited Many Hands

Author:Simon Sebag-Montefiore

“More than a needed biography of Ehrenburg . . . Tangled Loyalties is a contribution of much significance to our understanding of the history of Russia in Stalin's time and of her relations with the West.”

Understanding Needed Relation West Loyalty Russia Contribution Significance Biographies Tangled

Author:Robert C. Tucker

“When you chop wood, chips fly.”

Woods Chips

Author:Nikolai Yezhov

“The Riviera isn't only a sunny place for shady people.”

People Sunny Shady

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.”

Humans Philosophy Critics Philosopher Serenity Literary Criticism Impartiality

Book:Mr. Maugham Himself

Source: Mr. Maugham Himself

“Thank God, I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it”

Thinking Looks I Can Sunset Thank God

Book:Mr. Maugham Himself

Source: Mr. Maugham Himself

“I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues.”

Thinking Knows Men Life Inspirational Should Believe Virtue Achieve Conscious Faults Ignored Defects Hindrance

Book:The Summing Up

Source: The Summing Up

“Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state.”

States Economic Critical Teamwork Vitality

Author:John Hoeven

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