Quotes about century
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The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st century, we must resurrect solidarity and compassion. Oscar Arias
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The scientists at the end of the 19th century had people coming to them with this weird behaviour, and they didn't know what was going on but there seemed to be a similarity. They needed an answer, so they made up one.
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The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such as in Cuba - failed for the most part, a failure which was completely clear by the end of the century. Stephane Hessel
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As a former Apollo astronaut, I think it's safe to say that SpaceX and the other commercial developers embody the 21st century version of the Apollo frontier spirit. Rusty Schweickart
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While the 20th century was dominated by confrontations between ideologies, 'identity' is emerging as one of the characteristic divisive features of the 21st century.
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We are committed to promoting the Sino-Japanese friendship and cooperation in the 21st century with real actions, so as to ensure sound and steady growth of Sino-Japanese relations and lasting friendship between the two peoples for generations to come, Hu Jintao
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You do not have to move these applications to provide a 21st century front end.
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to go back to the end of the last century to go into the future. Paul Morley
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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false. Pierre Bayle
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We have a New Orleans chapter of 21st Century Leadership. Most of the people staying there are chapter members and extended family, ... We are expecting 50 more people soon.
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I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language. Natasha Trethewey
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news? Nathan Myhrvold
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Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies. Edmund White
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Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox. Jean Renoir
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History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception. Billy Graham
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He will be heavily identified with the 20th century at Yale.
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We're probably about five years into a 30-year cycle of transformation, ... But there is simply no doubt that 25 years from now, when people reflect on the seminal changes of the early days of the century we are about to begin, the impact of networked computing will stand in relief. Lou Gerstner
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He is the second most effective mayor of the 20th century
century disorder remains
After a century of studying schizophrenia, the cause of the disorder remains unknown. Thomas R. Insel
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What does the despot of this century want? What is the right path to defeat him? Saddam Hussein
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Today he smiled when he referred to my first century there. Brian Lara
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Over the Rainbow, ... Song of the Century Judy Garland
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Our goal is to preserve the past using 21st century technology. James Watson
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Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality. Michael Arlen
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Spring Hill Church near Hebron has a kick. St. Martin's Church in Worcester County has a kick and cove, as does All Hallows in Snow Hill. Pemberton Hall, an 18th century house not far from Green Hill, also has the two features. That got us thinking Green Hill may have had a kick and cove, too. We found evidence -- though very faint -- of a corner cove molding and it really rings true when it was put back -- it looks right. The evidence remains on the timbers from where the kick was removed.
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Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that. Daryl Hall
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It is a very modern car, a 21st century design that respectfully nods to the past but focuses indisputably on the future.
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I think there are perhaps four playwrights of the 20th century that we could not have done without: Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett. If you've got those four, you've got the century covered. Edward Albee
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Just at it did when the Great Game was played out in the decades leading up to the First World War, ongoing industrialization is setting off a scramble for natural resources. The coming century could be marked by recurrent resource wars, as the great powers struggle for control of the world's hydrocarbons. John Gray
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I think as the century closes draws to a close and we look back on public figures, ... we realize what a giant Eleanor Roosevelt was. Eleanor Roosevelt
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I think that the social compact hammered out in the mid-20th century has been superseded by a new compact that is different and doesn't promise the potential for lifetime tenure. Workers are free agents.
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Patriotic Americans should observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving for this stunning and historic reversal of half a century of misinformation and judicial distortion of the document that protects our religious freedoms.
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It is clear that individuals and companies that want to be successful in the 21st century will need to be leaders in using the Internet and related technology. That's what this program is all about. Bill Ford