In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of...

People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of...

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian...

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian...

Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the...

Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the...

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking...

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking...

Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but...

Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but...

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would...

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would...

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand...

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule...

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule...

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire...

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire...

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and...

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and...

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text...

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...