"Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another."

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"Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another."

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"I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills."

Research,

"It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history."

History,

"For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction."

People, Civilliberties, Fiction, Future

"After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book."

Writing, First, Style

"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances."

People, Circumstances, Evil, Potential

"I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space."

Love, People, Mind, Solitude

"I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities."

Work, Cities

"I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life."

Life, Being, May

"It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest."

Nation, Country, Interest, Tension

"It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies."

Diversity, Babies, Credit, Culture, Open

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Frank Auerbach, German Artist

Crisis, Style

"When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help."

Kathleen Blanco, American Politician

Crisis, Electricity, Help, Pretty, Running

"I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate."

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Crisis, Responsibility, Support, Treatment

"Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same."

Jerry Brown, American Politician

Crisis, Living, Reality, State

"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."

Paul Bryant, American Coach

Crisis,

"In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis."

Lois Capps, American Politician

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"It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis."

Whittaker Chambers, American Writer

Crisis, Communism, Fact, Popular

"So, all during the '90s and, you know, for the first half of this decade, we had opportunities to get evacuation plans in place, better communications in place."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Crisis, First

"There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens."

John Conyers, American Politician

Crisis, Fact, Laws, Nation

"Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure."

John Conyers, American Politician

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