Centuries Quotes

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Each period of a civilisation creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn. To try and revive the… — Wassily Kandinsky
Two lives met across death and centuries. To ask what it meant is meaningless. There is no destiny. But sometimes there is bravery — Poul Anderson
For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our Founding Fathers. They set forth principles that have endured… — Sonia Sotomayor
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the… — Sonia Sotomayor
Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. — Victor Hugo
I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me… — John Green
And so, when I began to read the proffered pages, I at one moment lost the train of thought in the text and drowned it… — Milorad PaviÄ‡
Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity… — Khalil Gibran
We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate… — Barbara Ehrenreich
What we need is a tough new kind of feminism with no illusions. Women do not change institutions simply by assimilating into them. We need… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through the… — Jacques Chirac
... for centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power. — Dale Spender
Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens,… — Paulo Coelho
For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise. — Robert Breault
Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep… — Dee Hock
We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, It is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to… — Jaron Lanier
In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation, a balance can… — David Mura
Held in the palms of thousands of disgruntled people over the centuries have been ideas worth millions - if they only had taken the first… — Unknown Author
For many people during many centuries, mankind's history before the coming of Christianity was the history of the Jews and what they recounted of the… — John Roberts
We are a conspiracy of hope and we are pressing back against the strong tide of oppression which for centuries has been the legacy of… — Patricia Deegan
The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the Atlantic slave trade… — David W. Blight
...trying to predict whether global warming will moderate the next ice age is not only impossible but irrelevant. It doesn't help us get through the… — Unknown Author
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in God, and God… — George W. Bush
The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations -… — Carl Sagan
In all the ages the Roman Church has owned slaves, bought and sold slaves, authorized and encouraged her children to trade in them. . .… — Mark Twain

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