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"The whole of history is the history of murderers. If you become a murderer, fame will be very easy. You can become a prime minister, you can become a president-but these are all masks. Behind them you will find very violent people, terribly violent people hiding, smiling. Those smiles are political, diplomatic. If the mask slips, you will always see Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Nadir Shah, Napoleon, Alexander, Hitler, hiding behind."
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