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"I have a simple belief that reading books is good for people and can influence life choices. I was raised to have a stack of books by my bed to read. One of the books that I read in high school, diplomat George F. Kennan’s Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin, spurred my interest in diplomacy and led me to study Russian. Reading the novel Bridge on the Drina by Nobel Prize winning Bosnian author Ivo Andric, stimulated my interest in history and international affairs."

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/09/do-books-matter/