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empires study imperialism
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
empires world plunder
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
empires poet modern
Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia
empires misery humans
The history of empires is the history of human misery. Edward Gibbon
empires roles found
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. Dean Acheson
empires sometimes lost
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire... Cardinal Richelieu
empires
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic. Donald Rumsfeld
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. Daniel Pinkwater
empires fallen five internal last six thousand wars waxed
In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. John Boyd Orr
decay bud eating
Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud The eating canter dwells, so eating love Inhabits in the finest wits of all. William Shakespeare
decay hard lying offshore oil photograph time trying
I'm trying to photograph an old offshore oil city that is lying in decay in the Caspian Sea, but I've been having a hard time getting there. Edward Burtynsky
decay early national showing silent studies
National studies are showing that early decay is on the increase, and that's shocking, actually. It's really a silent epidemic. Mary Hayes
decay economy economy-and-economics french issue losing preparing sign society
It could become an issue for the French economy if we're losing talent. That would be another sign of decay in how French society is preparing for the future.
decay holy-places amulets
When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes C. S. Lewis
decay written all-things
Mutability is written upon all things. Antoine Rivarol
decay indecision
I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision. Allen Ginsberg
decay neglect run
This is a big challenge. There's been more than 30 years of decay and neglect that has run down the infrastructure tremendously.
decay equitable everywhere fatal guarantee suffered unable
Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy. Pankaj Mishra
british nobility
We have nobility in Sweden, and it comes from the old British aristocracy. Joel Kinnaman
british people trading youth
We want our youth to be able to say: I come from a people who were trading just as the British did.
british police situation team
We have had a British police team out there investigating the situation with the Saudi authorities. Peter Hain
british-scientist conscious perception processes products
The processes of perception are inaccessible; only the products are conscious and, of course, it is the products that are necessary. Gregory Bateson
british
There is no distinction between British and English.
british choice copy music rather sounds tried trying whenever work
When I was 13, listening to Choice FM, I would listen to a lot of R&B from America, and whenever a British person tried to do it, it didn't really work, they just sounded like they were trying to copy that whole style. Now the music sounds British, something real rather than an imitation. Katy B
british-musician loves palmer stage wants worldwide
We set the stage worldwide to go into the new millenium. I have all the music. Carl Palmer loves the music, he wants to play it. Keith Emerson
british mini open rewarding satisfying winning
The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours. Tom Lehman
british consider good places ways
I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't consider myself British or Indian. I'm kind of an amalgam or mongrel of a lot of different places and experiences. In a lot of ways it's been a good thing for me. It's enabled me to do what I do on 'The Daily Show.' Aasif Mandvi