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Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural and socioeconomic…
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Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes…
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I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I do know,…
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Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist,…
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Ideas, cultures, and histories cannot seriously be understood or studied without their force, or more precisely their configurations of power, also being…
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Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost…
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Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination,…
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The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.
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Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements about it,…
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Uninformed and yet open to appeals for justice as they are, Americans are capable of reacting as they did to the ANC…
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Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a…
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Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder…
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I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me…
— Bertrand Russell
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There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.
— William H. Macy
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I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.
— Clare Balding
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It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting…
— David Greenberg
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I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even…
— Jack Dee
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It is quite common to hear high officials in Washington and elsewhere speak of changing the map of the Middle East, as…
— Edward Said
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Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and…
— Christopher Paolini
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I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to…
— Stephen Hawking
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When I kept a diary, I realised that it was all moanings and depression, and I think that is quite common.
— Claire Tomalin
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My morning routine is quite common: I have breakfast at home while reading the newspaper, I take a shower, get dressed, a…
— Domenico Dolce
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Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as…
— Raymond Moody
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