“In the large sense the primary cause of the Great Depression was the war of 1914-1918. Without the war there would have been no depression of such dimensions. There might have been a normal cyclical recession; but, with the usual timing, even that readjustment probably would not have taken place at that particular period, nor would it have been a "Great Depression.” Has BeensWarMightCausesTakenParticularPeriodsNormalPrimariesDimensionsUsualTimingMight Have BeenRecessionsGreat Depression Book:The great depression, 1929-1941 Source: The great depression, 1929-1941
“When Scythrop grew up, he was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.” LittlesSchoolTakenGrewGrew UpUniversityUsualBeatenPublic School Book:Nightmare Abbey Source: Nightmare Abbey
“In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of "normal" work. In my twenties some of my work for children was published by Macmillan. However, I was twenty-seven before my adult novel, The Birthgrave, was taken by DAW Books in the USA. This enabled me finally to stop doing stupid and soul-killing jobs, and start working day and night as a professional writer. It felt like a rescue from damnation, and still does.” WayShouldChildrenDoeStillsBookSoulFeelingsJobsNightWishFeltNovelTakenStupidNormalAdultsTwentiesSevenKillingHatedUsaUsualRescuePublishersDay And NightManuscriptsDamnationDrudgery Author:Tanith Lee
“In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily items equally in the exclusive representation of a normal item taken out of their usual context, is by far the most radical - in its effect comparable to a Japanese Zen koan - paradox to be witnessed, which modern art has produced, one of the most forceful impulses that generated from it.” ArtDifferentTakenModernSubjectsEffectsNormalVariousRadicalCombinationImpulseParadoxHidingUsualRepresentationAbsurdityItemsExclusiveModern ArtDifferent Subjects Author:Antoni Tapies
“In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison. Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.” IfsTwoThreeChanceViewsStepsTakenDyingMy FamilyPoisonSecondsUsualStaff Author:Erwin Rommel
“You know, we can't keep talking about our dependence on foreign oil, and the need to deal with global warming, and the challenge that it poses to our climate and to God's creation, and just let business as usual go on. And that means something has to be taken away from some people.” PeopleKnowsNeedsMeanChallengesDealsTalkingTakenCreationGoes OnClimateOilGlobal WarmingUsualDependenceGod's CreationKeep TalkingForeign Oil Author:Hillary Clinton