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Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.

Fareed Zakaria

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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
Economist
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Bombay
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
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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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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 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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I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
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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.
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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
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I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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Generations from now, when historians write about these times, they might note that, in the early decades of the twenty-first century, the United States succeeded in its great and historic mission--it globalized the world. But along the way, they might write, it forgot to globalize itself.
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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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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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The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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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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You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.
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American influence is not what it used to be.
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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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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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