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...come from a long line of people who don't care about our long line of people. Whenever I asked my grandparents where their parents were from, they'd all launch into the same speech about how Poland and Russia switched borders a lot. The only thing I got from that speech was that people do not want to admit they're Polish. Also, that making a big deal about your genealogy isn't for Jews; it's for Wasps and Southerners and Democrats and other groups whose past is brighter than their future...
...placed arts in the context of a lot of different things,” Elkin said after the speech. “It was really hard to tell from his answer what specifically was their plan for the arts...
...close. Yet he offered a head-on challenge to Libya's conservatives, who resist calls for democratic change. "They are idiots," he says, waving his hand as though to dismiss them. When asked what kinds of new political freedoms he wants for Libya - such as freedom of speech, or privately owned media - Saif replied without hesitating: "Everything - a level of freedom like in Holland." That would be a stunning departure from his father's 40-year rule, in which the country has carved a far different path from the West...
...know that you can’t please everybody,” says Arbuthnott. “Some people want a comedian, and some people want someone who has changed the world. We coalesced around one name who we think will benefit the whole audience in her speech...
...speech, Lessig discussed current United States copyright laws and the principle of fair use of intellectual material, calling for reduced legal restrictions on copyright, particularly with regards to content available on the Internet...