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Sunday, January 26, 2014



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THE BLAME GAME…

Sunday, January 26, 2014
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THE BLAME GAME…
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
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If you master the rules of the blame-game
you...

Sunday, January 12, 2014
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THOMAS MANN SPEAKS
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Where there is too much talk of love, there will be very little love. ...

ON WEALTH
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Someone like Obama could never be as wealthy
as someone like Romney because, according to Plato,
an honest man will employ only honest means
and a...

BAH-HUMBUG
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Where would the 1% be
without the full cooperation, dedication, and hard work
of the 99%?
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To be a good Armenian it is not necessary
to be a...

THE DEFENSE
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The Turkish line of defense is simplicity itself:
“We did to the Armenians what you did to your Indians.”
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The only people who refuse to acknowledge
the...

HOW TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS
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Tribal divisions are not a verdict without appeal.
All we need is a Mandela.
If Africans can do it, why can’t we?
To those...

DECEPTION (I)



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Everything that needs to be said has been said. The role of our propaganda today is to deceive us into thinking everything that needs to be...

ON POPULARITY
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Popularity is overrated.
Neither Socrates nor Jesus was popular.
Bach was neglected for a hundred years.
Kafka was known only to a handful
of...

RANDOM THOUGHTS



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After moronizing its own people America

REFLECTIONS

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A single priest may brainwash

as many as a thousand children,

but a thousand bishops cannot convert

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INTERVIEW
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Q: Raffi writes about bad as well as good Armenians.
You write only about the bad. Why?
A: Raffi was a great...

A SKETCH OF MY LIFE
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In my formative years
I was carefully brought up to be a garbage can
Of prejudices, lies, and propaganda.
If I understand my fellow...

WHO IS A GOOD ARMENIAN?
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Sartre: “It is the rich man who is virtuous
and wants everyone else to be.
His values are a defense if the status quo.”
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ON POWER
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Men in a position of power need flattery
as much as a starving man needs bread.
Their intolerance and hatred of dissent
is rooted in vanity...

FROM MY NOTEBOOKS
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Loyalty or subservience to authority
is not patriotism but fascism.
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My guess is, we produce
more speechifiers, sermonizers and pundits ...

ON CRACKPOTS
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In a recent issue of TIME magazine
there is an interview with Andre Agassi
in which Armenians and massacres are not mentioned.
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The best...

TO KNOW IS TO REMEMBER
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To write also means to repeat
what has been said and forgotten;
to shout that which is whispered;
and to expose that which...

THE BOTTOM LINE
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Our problems were thrust on us by others. We reject their solutions on our own.
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Only the rotten succeed in a corrupt environment.
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE



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One way to get acquainted with life

FREEDOM
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Everyone speaks of freedom of religion
as if it were a good thing,
a mark of progress and civilization.
What if what will civilize the world
is not...

INSPIRATION
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The eternal snow of Mt. Ararat .
Nightingales serenading the moon.
I leave these things to our versifiers.
The written word is my main source of inspiration.
When I agree...

ON SERMONIZERS

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Where preaching to the converted

has become a profitable enterprise,

exposing lies will be seen as a criminal offence.

ORSON WELLES SPEAKS

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He hated the Irish, beginning with Spencer Tracy.

In his recently published CONVERSATIONS he explains:

“Seven hundred years of...

CONFESSION (XXII)

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Since I have no political ambitions

I don’t mind admitting that

I have been wrong most of my life