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"I feel an intense pride, Robert, that I live in a country rich enough to have war and peace at the same time."
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pride, proud, war, wars, warring, war and peace, time of war, times of war, patriot, patriots, patriotic, ignorance, ignorance is bliss, ignore, ignores, ignoring, wartime, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, paradox, paradoxes, upper class, upper classes, head in the sand, heads in the sand, afghanistan, war in afghanistan, forgotten war, forgotten wars"It's so-so."
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war and peace, tolstoy, leo tolstoy, review, reviews, reviewer, reviewers, book review, book reviews, book reviewing, critic, critics, critique, critiques, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest, bias, biased, middle ground, middle grounds, warmonger, warmongers, hawk, hawks, military hawk, military hawks, compromise, compromises, compromising, general, generals, army, armies, navy, marine, marine corps, ambivalent, ambivalence, literary critic, literary criticsTolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration - 'War and Punishment'... it'll make us a bundle.
"I'm feeling conflicted. Should I go into the military or become a pacifist?"
'I've been speed-reading this book - only took 15 minutes. It's about Russia.'
"How come there aren't any peace heroes?"
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war hero, war heroes, war, peace, monument, monuments, hero, heroes, statue, statues, war and peace, children, child, kid, kids, war memorial, war menorialsIn writing War and Peace, Tolstoy was going for the big laugh, but the more he wrote, the more elusive it became.
'Don't worry, he'll soon grow into it.'
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kid, kids, war and peace, leo tolstoy, baby, babies, present, presents, birthday, birthdays, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, parental pressure, parental pressures, grow, grows, growing up, grows up, parent, parents, parenthood, toddler, toddlersTolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration: "'War and Punishment'...it''ll make us a fortune."
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration.
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tolstoy, dostoevsky, leo tolstoy, fyodor dostoevsky, collaboration, collaborations, crime and punishment, war and peace, mix, mixes, mix-up, mixed up, mashup, mashups, mash-up, mash-up, mash-ups, bestseller, bestsellers, book, books, author, authors, famous author, famous authors, russian, russians, novel, novels, novelist, novelists"It's 10 P.M. do you know who might want to gain access to the 50 nuclear weapons the U.S. maintains in Turkey?"
Leo Tolstoy tries the sports market
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leo tolstoy, russian literature, war and peace, sports market, sports markets, sport market, sport markets, author, authors, writer, writers, classic, classics, fiction, historical figure, historical figures, football league, sports fan, sports fans, sport fan, sport fans, books, writing, sport, russia'Dear Lord, I really want to leave this island, but if it is your will, please send me a sign.'