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Immanuel Wallerstein Sociologist

Century

"This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position."

Process Argument Century

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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer

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"the truth is, I am heartily sick of this life & of the nineteenth century in general. (I am convinced that every thing is going wrong.)"

Sick Truth Is Century

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian

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"The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive, so that by the end of it the specialist had evolved. The consequence is that today everyone is a mere technician, even the artist."

Artist Today Century

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Thomas Frank Author

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"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 off. It didn't, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to."

People Century Socialism

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader

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"We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute."

Country Law Century

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Leonard Bernstein Composer, Conductor

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"The 20th century has been a badly written drama, from the beginning."

Drama Has Beens Century

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer

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"The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude."

Real Passion Century

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Patch Adams Physician, Comedian

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"Kindness Day? Kindness Day? Do you suppose if we were kind and enthusiastic for centuries uninterruptedly, that someone would create 'Nasty, Indifferent Day'?"

Kindness Century Nasty

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Erich Fromm Psychologist, Philosopher

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"In the 19th century inhumanity meant cruelty; in the 20th century it means schizoid self-alienation."

Mean Self Century

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Stephen Hawking Theoretical Physicist

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"I think the next century will be the century of complexity."

Thinking Next Century

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author

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"The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company were its production equipment. The most valuable assets of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge, workers, and their productivity."

Century Assets Knowledge Workers

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Boris Pasternak Poet, Novelist

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"What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth."

Men Century Beast

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Alfred North Whitehead Philosopher, Mathematician

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"The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention."

Century Invention Nineteenth Century

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Yancy Butler Actress

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"Women have been kicking ass for centuries."

Century Ass Kicking

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Sinclair Lewis Novelist

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"The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century."

Class Century Barbarians

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright

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"All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world."

World Century

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Julian Barnes Author

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"WHORES. Necessary in the nineteenth century for the contraction of syphilis, without which no one could claim genius."

Genius Century Syphilis

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Diana Butler Bass Author

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"The Internet is the stained glass picture of the 21st century."

Glasses Internet Century

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker

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"We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure."

Done Tables Century

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Celia Green Psychologist

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"People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it."

People Children Century

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