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popular outcry forced the return of The Lion, who ended his term by seeing a new constitution put into effect.

I tried to show my affection and gratitude with small attentions, but he would not allow it; he was not used to receiving affection, although it was his nature to squander it on others.

Allende was the first Marxist to win the presidency of a country through a democratic vote. The eyes of the world turned toward Chile.

Since the bribes didn't work, the CIA planned to kidnap the commander in chief of the armed forces

oral contract, which if it lacked legal value was

He had the intellectual capacity of a louse, but shone in cooking up new ways to be cruel.

Considering the circumstances, it was a rather good kiss. In reality, it would have been perfect if they both had not been coughing from the smoke.

it was only a vague empathy for others that prevented her from being a psychopath.

still fought duels, because he thought that bandits lurked on the Curacaví Hill

I curse you, even from the distance of these many years, for keeping me so hungry that if affected my brain and subordinated me to your evil. And my apologizes to the animals for comparing you to them, because surely animals are more humane.

Writing is a constant exercise in longing.

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

New Zealand's economy may be more immune... from the waves of disruption elsewhere, but I guarantee you, it's not that immune.

You simply couldn't make a living as an author if New Zealand was your only market.

I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand.

I was actually in New Zealand studying, and I just got discovered. I was with my friend shopping, and this woman came up to me and was like, 'Would you like to come in? I own an agency.'

I've been to New Zealand before, many times. And of course it has a significance to me because I do have something that's very special in New Zealand. I have '10 Guitars,' which is a very popular song, and I understand it's like the second national anthem over there.

I was in Fiji for some years. From there I went over to New Zealand to work as a store manager. But I was modeling for various companies at the same time.

If I would be born in New Zealand, maybe, I would never write the Polish Requiem or pieces which were connected with the history of war. But this was my childhood. War was the main subject, and also in our family.

Trigger warnings are an instantiation of the West's zeitgeist of perpetual offense and victimhood that defines much of public discourse.

I am a very spiritual person: I could say a Catholic with a strong underpinning of Zen.

There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don't agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti.

The late '70's and early '80s is the zenith of a certain craftsmanship in sound recording.

I was very humbled by the 'one-man Led Zeppelin' comparisons.