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When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american culture #appreciation #artists #athletes #community

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#arab world #because #brotherhood #democracy #east

For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#challenge #come #comes #deal #defense

I don't think the Middle East could afford another war. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#another #could #east #i #middle

I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#any #changes #continue #east #expert

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#debate #i #i think #now #our

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#arab #back #fifteen #five #good

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#being #beings #human #human being #human beings

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly. ↗

— John Abizaid

#deadly #equipment #experience #factor #funds

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes. ↗

— John Abizaid

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