Century

Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor

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"The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it."

Century Mankind

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Russell Kirk Political Theorist, Author

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"And Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society, so near to suicide, is the end for which Providence has prepared man."

Men Suicide Century

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author

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"It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical."

Grows Century Eternity

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Napoleon Bonaparte Military Leader, Emperor

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"Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!"

Military Soldier Century

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Orson Welles Director, Actor, Producer

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"There were centuries when civilization had no theater."

Civilization Century Theater

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

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"For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains."

Taken Brain Century

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Marcel Proust Novelist

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"Proust was the greatest novelist of the twentieth century, just as Tolstoy was in the nineteenth."

Century Novelists Proust

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Keith Ellison Politician

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"I'll just say, you know, over the course of the last quarter century I've learned a lot."

Lasts Century I've Learned

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic

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"The most revolutionary invention of the Nineteenth Century was the artificial sterilization of marriage."

Century Invention Revolutionary

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Frank Rich Journalist

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"One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news."

News Century Tics

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher

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"The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left."

Ideas Wise Century

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment."

Century Legends Chiefs

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright

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"It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man."

Men Law Century

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

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"For the past century or so that's [ Monroe Doctrine] actually been true, but it's declining very significantly."

Past Doctrine Century

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

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"A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975 that women had a guaranteed right to serve on federal juries."

Father Husband Century

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Henry Adams Historian

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"Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or assume the existence of God."

Saint Century Assuming

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Lewis Thomas Physician, Author

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"If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do."

Use Technology Century

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist

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"Through aisles of long-drawn centuries my spirit walks in thought."

Long Spirit Century

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer

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"Mozart, the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste."

Lasts Taste Century

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer

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"After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave."

Shadow Century Caves

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