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George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate and the House… — Peggy Noonan
All the major social movements of the 20th century had great soundtracks - We need that. The left needs better propaganda, because we don’t have… — DJ Spooky
When you undergo a visionary experience, what you are really doing is blowing your socially conditioned, 20th century, hive mind and allowing your brain to,… — Steve Kubby
I mean, certainly it's the single biggest event, I think, in terms of popular entertainment, or art even, if you say that, of the 20th… — Sydney Pollack
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century… — Lillian Hellman
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century. — Russell Lynes
In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says… — John Shelton Reed
When I started formulating the first Frank comic, I knew I wanted it to be something that was beyond time and specific place. I felt… — Jim Woodring
Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable. — Mike Leigh
I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals. — N. T. Wright
While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is… — Stephen Bayley
I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction. — John Larroquette
The political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their… — Terry Eagleton
The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever. — Stephen Ambrose
Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the… — Gavin Bryars
Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place… — Michael Beschloss
I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century. — Ricky Jay
A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take… — Thomas Frank
For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most… — Jennifer Granholm
The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in… — Shinzo Abe
I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my… — Michael Arad
Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more… — Sylvia Earle
Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Atlanta: those are all cities that really didn't get big, didn't hit their stride until the 20th century. — Paul Goldberger

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