As a scholar who regularly surveys archival material, I think that, a century from now, cultural historians will find David Horowitz's spiritual… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
Whoever takes it upon himself to write an honest intellectual history of twentieth-century Europe will need a strong stomach. But he will… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
The Irish were treated horribly, even here in Boston. For example, in the late nineteenth century they were treated pretty much like… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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"Did God have a mother?" Children, when told that God made the heavens and the earth, innocently ask whether God had a… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as… — Raymond Sokolov Copy Share Image
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Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values… — Nicolas Bourriaud Copy Share Image
The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis,"… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
Music, for centuries and centuries, was used to teach everything. It was used to teach language, mathematics, history. The news was music.… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
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In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement!… — Holly Near Copy Share Image
The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
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I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
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The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
My feeling is that for years now it has taken a much too big part in how women are being visually defined… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The simple fact is that, since the beginning of this century, the average global temperature has flatlined; indeed, over the past 18… — Peter Lilley Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation,… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
At any given period in history the ideas of the common mind are found to antedate the facts. The facts of the… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The years 1781 to 1793 are crucial for many reasons, but chiefly because they pose in an especially clear way the main… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
The meeting of science and art is definitely interesting for the 21st century, and I think to use scientific expertise and knowledge… — Marc Quinn Copy Share Image
There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
You turn on the television, it's like, "Woah is me! God almighty, we're awful." We are so down and out we are… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
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