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“To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.” quote by Richard A. Falk — Download Open image

“To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.”

Richard A. Falk

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My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.

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Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.

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