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“Xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of the 20th-century fin-de-siecle.”

Looks Century Becoming Mass Ideology 20th Century Xenophobia Fins

Author:Eric Hobsbawm

“Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.”

Book Century Becoming Wit Combination Irony Unusual Quarters Deliberate Diaries Syllables Her Beauty Becoming Famous

Book:Diana of the Crossways: A Novel

Source: Diana of the Crossways: A Novel

“People are, in the confines of their own apartments, becoming Magellans of the interior world and reaching out to this alien thing and beginning to map it and bring back stories that can only be compared to the kind of stories that the chroniclers of the New World brought back to Spain at the close of the 15th century.”

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Author:Terence McKenna

“In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.”

People Half Century Becoming Aspiration 20th Century Vocabulary Becoming More

Author:Christopher Reeve

“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.”

“For centuries, faith has helped us overcome problems and helped us work to achieve a more perfect union. It has inspired the many leaders who played a key role in abolishing slavery, protecting civil rights and, hopefully one day, becoming a nation where all life from conception to natural death is protected.”

“We are on the path toward becoming the Sparta of the 21st century, armed to the teeth and without the capacity to care for our own people.”

People Care Path Century Becoming Capacity Teeth 21st Century Sparta

Author:Dennis Kucinich

“Many of the wonderful achievements of the 20th century were the result of the pursuit of profits. Unfortunately, demagoguery has led to profits becoming a dirty word. Nonprofit is seen as more righteous, particularly when people pompously stand before us and declare, 'We're a nonprofit organization.'”

People Results Wonderful Century Becoming Achievement Organization Profit Pursuit Dirty Righteous 20th Century Nonprofits Dirty Words Demagoguery

Author:Walter E. Williams