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There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

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I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on 9/11. You ha…

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World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

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It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

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Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

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Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

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Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they…

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As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

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A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

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The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to sy…

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