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> [“Has Stalin understood correctly?’ asked Stalin. ‘You were on Franco’s side, you have fought against Comrade Mao, you have… saved the life of the pig in London and you have put the deadliest weapon in the world in the hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/has-stalin-understood-correctly-asked-stalin-you-were-on-franco-s/)

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## Other authors on American imperialism

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## More by Jonas Jonasson

> [“The weekly show View on Africa was what first gave her the insight that there was a world outside Soweto. It wasn’t necessarily more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/the-weekly-show-view-on-africa-was-what-first-gave-her-the-insight/)

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> [“And there Allan could see an opening. In a prison camp you couldn't just hang around, because if you did then the guards would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/and-there-allan-could-see-an-opening-in-a-prison-camp-you-couldn-t/)

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> [“It was tough to think in new ways and equally tough to remember the old.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/it-was-tough-to-think-in-new-ways-and-equally-tough-to-remember-the/)

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> [“Revenge is like politics, one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/revenge-is-like-politics-one-thing-always-leads-to-another-until-bad/)

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> [“Allan lurte på hva den lille mannen gjorde i luken hvis han ikke solgte billetter, men sa ingenting. Den lille mannen satt jo kanskje…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/allan-lurte-p-hva-den-lille-mannen-gjorde-i-luken-hvis-han-ikke/)

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> [“Allan woke up and wondered whether it wouldn't soon be time to go to bed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/allan-woke-up-and-wondered-whether-it-wouldn-t-soon-be-time-to-go-to/)

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> [“Stařík chtěl vodku s kolou. Při slavnostnějších příležitostech si místo toho dokázal představit vodku s vodkou.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/sta-k-cht-l-vodku-s-kolou-p-i-slavnostn-j-ch-p-le-itostech-si-m-sto/)

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> [“There are undoubtedly advantages to being dead, said Julius.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/there-are-undoubtedly-advantages-to-being-dead-said-julius/)

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> [Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/things-are-what-they-are-and-whatever-will-be-will-be/)

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> [“The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/the-hundred-year-old-man-had-never-let-himself-be-irritated-by-people/)

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> [“In the end, they could think of no better solution than to put a bullet between his eyes, so they could go about their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/in-the-end-they-could-think-of-no-better-solution-than-to-put-a/)

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> [“The engineer’s head was spinning. So he was supposed to receive a guest the president didn’t want to meet. He would tell the guest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/the-engineer-s-head-was-spinning-so-he-was-supposed-to-receive-a/)

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> [“Beer wasn't so bad; it mostly made him happy. Or semi-happy. Or, at least, not crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/beer-wasn-t-so-bad-it-mostly-made-him-happy-or-semi-happy-or-at-least/)

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> [“Those who only says what is the truth, they're not worth listening to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/those-who-only-says-what-is-the-truth-they-re-not-worth-listening-to/)

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> [“There are only two things I can do better than most people. One of them is to make vodka from goats’ milk, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonas-jonasson/there-are-only-two-things-i-can-do-better-than-most-people-one-of/)

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