"Expectations should not always be taken as reality;……" — Samuel P. Huntington
"Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed."
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Samuel P. Huntington
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40 Quotes by Samuel P. Huntington
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Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It…
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In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three…
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It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new [post-Cold-War] world will not be primarily ideological…
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Collective will supplants individual whim
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Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.
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Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human…
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The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western…
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These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national…
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It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to…
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best,…
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And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly…
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But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a…
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
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Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.
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I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and…
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The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing…
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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we…
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I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are…
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I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.
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Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they…
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I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed.
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I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the…
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