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Even Colombia – where the dead have no faces and literally cannot be counted. Theirs are minuscule lives moving toward imperceptible deaths. For me, it is the essence of tragedy.

Bernard-Henri Levy

I would sooner want a strong partnership with the United States – even with (US President George W.) Bush, who I think is the worst president in a long, long time. I would sooner want a friendship with Bush than with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.
BERNARD-HENRI LEVY

Long Strong Thinking
The terrorists exist, and I think we must speak to them, not to establish a dialogue-since for serious terrorists that is unfortunately out of the question – but to learn how their brains work, to be better able to fight them.
BERNARD-HENRI LEVY

Brain Fighting Thinking
There is a true weakness in American thought today: their incapacity to be interested in the intelligence of evil.
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Evil Today Weakness
For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.
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Order Principles Rotten
Even if it doesn’t sound like it at first, that’s an identity that Europe can go out into the world with and take a leading role.
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Country Identity Sound
I work even when I am on vacation. You know that line by Stéphane Mallarmé, “All earthly existence must ultimately be contained in a book”? I am the kind of person who finds life interesting only if it is translated into writing, if it is parsed into words.
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Book Vacation Writing
You can be horrified by the state of the prisons, the misery in certain neighborhoods of its cities, or their level of poverty.
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Evil Level Mean Neighborhood Political
Even Colombia – where the dead have no faces and literally cannot be counted. Theirs are minuscule lives moving toward imperceptible deaths. For me, it is the essence of tragedy.
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Country Dead Essence Imperfectible Moving Tragedy
America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it – – not always, but sometimes – for constructive purposes.
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Country Energy Purpose
God is dead but my hair is perfect.
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Dead God Hair Perfect
In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism.
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Country Perspective Religious Stop Terrorist Thinking
The totalitarian state is not a force unleashed, the truth is in chains.
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Chains States Truth
Each time a Palestinian or an Israeli dies, it is terrible. But they have the right to have a funeral, to be buried, to have a place in the memory of the survivors. And then you have these other places – Darfur, Rwanda.
BERNARD-HENRI LEVY

Each Funeralmpalestian Memories Moving Time
It’s true that in France there is always this ridiculous complex about money. Money is cursed, shameful, money disqualifies you . . . In America, even though it is a Protestant country, it’s the opposite.
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Complex Country Ridiculous Shameful True
I don’t really believe in dialogue; I am too Nietzschean for that. We need to have a warrior conception of philosophy.
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Believe Philosophy Warrior
The only successful revolution of this century is totalitarianism.
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Rebellious Revolution Successful

Even Colombia – where the dead have no faces and literally cannot be counted. Theirs are minuscule lives moving toward imperceptible deaths. For me, it is the essence of tragedy.

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