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True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence.

Oriana Fallaci

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Oriana Fallaci
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 29
Died: 2006
Died: September 15
Conspiracy Theorist
Journalist
Politician
War Correspondent
Writer
Florence
Tuscany
Intelligence
Voice
Strangles
True
Barking
Power
Ribbons
Doe
Silk
Need
Beard
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Long
Charm

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To have realized your dream makes you feel lost.
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The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police regime, the more it risks hijackings or massacres like the ones that took place for many years in Italy and Germany and other parts of Europe.
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But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.
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I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all.
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You belong neither to God nor the state nor me. You belong to yourself and no one else.
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