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Ryszard Kapuscinski quotes about world

Polish Journalist March 4, 1932 – January 23, 2007

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There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal with this condition, feels the less effort it requires, the better. Whereas learning about the world is labor, and a great all-consuming one at that. Most people develop quite antithetical talents, in fact - to look without seeing, to listen without hearing, mainly to preserve onself within oneself. Ryszard Kapuscinski
In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible thanks to the hypocrisy of the East and the West who were waging the Cold War for world domination. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only..."
Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world. Ryszard Kapuscinski
The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "if reason ruled the world would history even exist?"
if reason ruled the world would history even exist? Ryszard Kapuscinski

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