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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order. (Fareed Zakaria)
I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written. View quote
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Culture follows power. View quote
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It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather. View quote
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I think that liberals need to grow up. View quote
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview. View quote
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I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible. View quote
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him. View quote
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom. View quote
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence. View quote
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya. (Fareed Zakaria)
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth. View quote
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth. View quote
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes. View quote
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. View quote
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now. View quote
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If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today. View quote
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I'm largely in favor of financial reform. View quote
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CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed. View quote
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis. View quote
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. (Fareed Zakaria)
I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse. View quote
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One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well. View quote
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. View quote
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The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that. View quote
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Photo: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Indian-American Journalist
Born: January 20, 1964
Quotes count: 51
Wikipedia: Fareed Zakaria

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