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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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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.
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The United States needs serious change in its fiscal, entitlement, infrastructure, immigration, and education policies, among others. And yet a polarized and often paralyzed Washington has pushed dealing with these problems off into the future, which will only make them more difficult and expensive to solve.
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America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.
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No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
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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.
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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.
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It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.
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If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago.
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