“What is history? Its beginning is that of the centuries of systematic work devoted to the solution of the enigma of death, so that death itself may eventually be overcome. That is why people write symphonies, and why they discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves.” PeopleWritingMayCenturySolutionsOvercomingWaveMathematicalInfinityDevotedSymphonySystematicEnigmaDoctor ZhivagoElectromagnetic Waves Author:Boris Pasternak
“Whoever takes it upon himself to write an honest intellectual history of twentieth-century Europe will need a strong stomach. But he will need something more. He will need to overcome his disgust long enough to ponder the roots of this strange and puzzling phenomenon.” NeedsWritingLongEnoughStrongCenturyHonestStrangeIntellectualEuropeRootsOvercomingPhenomenonStomachDisgustingTwentieth CenturyPonderingPuzzling Author:Mark Lilla
“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.” ProblemNationsNaturalPerfectLeaderRolesRightsAchieveCenturyKeysBecomingOne DayOvercomingSlaveryUnionsInspiredCivil RightsHopefullyConceptionProtectedNatural DeathAbolishing Slavery Author:Marco Rubio
“I challenged myself to write/direct a romantic comedy. People trash talk the rom com, but it's one of the oldest cinematic genres, with stellar origins like Twentieth Century and Trouble in Paradise. I think as audiences lost their innocence, the genre lost its suspense. To create suspense, you need obstacles, so I gave my couple an obstacle that very few people ever overcome: their own behavior and their past.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWritingPastLostAudienceComedyTroubleCenturyCoupleBehaviorDirectOvercomingObstaclesInnocenceSuspenseGenreParadiseTrashTwentieth CenturyCinematicStellarTrash Talk Author:Leslye Headland
“The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.” AmericaChanceViolenceSeaCenturyParticularOvercomingMiseryLuxuryFormerIslandsLatinSurvivedInterventionLatin AmericaColonyDependencySubjugation Author:Noam Chomsky
“The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation, trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.” ShouldHas BeensStatesDifficultUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesCenturyRevolutionConsequenceBuiltOvercomingGravesConsiderationNationalismCooperationAbandoned20th CenturyMexicanProtectionismMexican Revolution Author:Alan Bersin
“China has been there for 3,000 years, has contempt for the barbarians, is overcoming a century of domination, and simply moves on its own. It does not get intimidated when Uncle Sam shakes his fist. That's scary.” YearsDoeHas BeensMovingCenturyOvercomingScaryChinaShakesContemptUnclesDominationFistsIntimidatedBarbariansUncle Sam Author:Noam Chomsky
“When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion of existence. Why have men spent the centuries seeking to overcome the awakened body? Put it to sleep, that is a better way. Let it serve only to turn the sleeping soul over, to change the blood-stream and thus make possible a deeper and more refined sleep.” MenWaySoulBodyTurnsLostSleepExistenceBloodCenturyIllusionOvercomingSeekingDeeperAwakeStreamsRestlessAwakenedBetter WaysRefined Author:Flann O'Brien
“Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That's why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that's why they write symphonies.” PeopleWritingViewsCenturyOvercomingWaveMathematicalExplorationInfinitySymphonySystematicRiddleElectromagnetic Waves Book:Into the Wild Source: Into the Wild
“The universe must be experienced as the Great Self. Each is fulfilled in the other: the Great Self is fulfilled in the individual self, the individual self is fulfilled in the Great Self. Alienation is overcome as soon as we experience this surge of energy from the source that has brought the universe through the centuries. New fields of energy become available to support the human venture. These new energies find expression and support in celebration. For in the end the universe can only be explained in terms of celebration. It is all an exuberant expression of existence itself.” HumansEndsSelfTimeUniverseIndividualEnergyTermExistenceSupportCenturyFieldsExpressionSourceExperienceOvercomingAvailableCelebrationFulfilledVentureAlienationNew Energy Author:Thomas Berry
“Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but within limits that are now being pressed and must be overcome. It is not a fit system for the mid-twentieth century.” PoliticalCertainValuesPracticeTechnologyCenturyRevolutionFitLimitsCapitalismOvercomingDemocraticComplexesExtensionsTwentieth CenturyPredatoryAdvanced Technology Book:The Chomsky Reader Source: The Chomsky Reader