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“The Cold War was wildly expensive and consumed the entire globe.”
“Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.”
“Not all political prisoners are innocents.”
“Very rarely is there a spike in news-stand sales.”
“Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.”
“Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving.”
“Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.”