The gulf between imperial ideals and empire on the ground has customarily proved disillusioning not only for colonial peoples but also for… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
“As the map of the Great Plain was being redrawn by a young Shazarian councillor, the ageing Shylonian king interrupted mid-speech to… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
I was born too late and missed the dream of empire. Its shadow, the Commonwealth, coincides with my life but rarely connected… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.” — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
A lot of the Force stuff, what Yoda says in 'The Empire Strikes Back,' resonates with me a lot. — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one could seriously dispute that almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, all of North Africa except Morocco, all of the Middle East… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
I'd love to do something on 'Mad Men' and 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really like period stuff. — Jeremy Allen White Copy Share Image
One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India. — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
The openness on which Apple had built its original empire had been completely reversed - but the spirit was still there among… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wars' fan. And so… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
“The Empire was quickly becoming the other , a featureless grey enemy that species of varied sorts would be able to stave… — James Luceno Copy Share Image
I've always felt, with 'The Iliad,' a real frustration that it's read wrong. That it's turned into this public school poem, which… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special,… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The long years of fighting Napoleon's ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an 'us-against-them' mentality. — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth;… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square.… — Dave Rowntree Copy Share Image
