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Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten western decline: they have both failed to achieve their objectives and in the process demonstrated an underlying western impotence. Martin Jacques

History Political Achieve Monumental Scale Hasten Ability Objectives Both Never Leaders Failed Never Underestimate Underestimate Underlying Impotence Iraq Western Political Leaders Afghanistan Process Decline Served

Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental. Michael Mandelbaum

World Value Monumental Monuments City Highly Towers Most Tall Tallest Trade Buildings Were Cultures Center Grandest Noted Certainly Twin Societies World Trade Raise World Trade Center

We've sweated and torn out our hair trying to reconstruct our chosen lives, to fashion them like literary sculptures, at once monumental and yet human. We've applied all of our intelligence, our empathy, our critical faculties, our compassion - and we think, in our delusion, that it's still 1960, and our work is going to get noticed. Nigel Hamilton

Work Fashion Intelligence Compassion Hair Think Our Once Monumental Out Critical Torn Reconstruct Faculties Delusion Empathy Like Still Get Trying Going Human Literary Them Noticed Sculptures Chosen Lives Applied

I am profoundly indebted to the legacy of Wilhelm Reich, whose monumental contribution to the understanding of energy was taught to me by Philip Curcurruto, a man of simple wisdom and compassionate heart. Peter A. Levine

Wisdom Me Man Heart Simple Understanding Energy Philip Indebted Monumental Am Legacy Contribution Taught Reich Whose Compassionate Profoundly

I will choose England before any other destination. My dream has always been to play in one of the top two leagues in the world. Newcastle is a good club, and St James's Park is a monumental stadium where there is passionate fans. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Good Destination World Fans Will Before Club Other Top Monumental Dream Park Leagues Always Passionate Been Any Stadium Where James Newcastle Choose England Play Two

The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence involved, and decide if evidence supported the filing of any criminal charges against Darren Wilson. They accepted and completed this monumental responsibility in a conscientious and expeditious manner. Robert P. McCulloch

Responsibility Duty Criminal Completed Evidence Monumental Charges Wilson Examination Impartial Fact Supported Involved Accepted Any Jury Fiction After Decide Grand Grand Jury Against Manner Separate Full Filing Conscientious

Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising. Robert Smithson

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I didn't learn Chinese to write 'Confucius.' That would've been a monumental task. I have three friends who can translate Chinese text for me; all three helped me with my research on Confucius. They are acknowledged in my acknowledgements in the book. Russell Freedman

Me Book Three Research Monumental Write Learn Been Text Friends Task Acknowledged Chinese Confucius Translate Who Helped

Washington, D.C., is not a subtle city. Unlike the capitals of other once-great powers which, many hundreds of years old, present a more seamless meshing of monumental memory and daily life, D.C. is constructed to shout, 'Here I am! I am powerful!' to the world. Uzodinma Iweala

Life Daily Memory World I Am Old Other Unlike Hundreds Hundreds Of Years Monumental City More Constructed Powerful Powers Am Years Subtle Which Shout Seamless Many Washington Daily Life Present Here

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental. Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Ignorance Example Judgment Monumental Running Running Mate John Towering Mate Affairs His McCain Public Public Affairs Poor Choice Sarah Sarah Palin Palin

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