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I enjoy thinking about how race plays out over the centuries, how technology evolves, how cities transform themselves. These subjects are present in some of my books and absent in others.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: About Absent Books Centuries Cities Enjoy How Others Out Over Plays Present Race Some Subjects Technology Themselves Thinking Transform

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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

~Comte De Lautreamont

Topics: Beautiful Beauty Believes Centuries Considered Does Face He Himself His Look Man Only Out Own Pride Rather Really Scorn Suppose Suspects Throughout Why

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Artists and scientists are very close. They always have been, but I think we've just been divided out over the last few centuries into specialisms. Leonardo da Vinci was drawing helicopters and all kinds of things. We're artificially divided. I think we're closer than we think we are.

~Cornelia Parker

Topics: Always Artificially Artists Been Centuries Close Closer Divided Drawing Few Just Kinds Last Leonardo Out Over Scientists Than Things Think Very I Think

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The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Been Centuries Change China Chinese Even Government History Just Laugh Make Many Me Part Past People Say Statement Tibet Wants Will Would

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Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation.

~Dan Lipinski

Topics: Brave Brave Men Centuries Given Lives Men Men And Women Million Nation Our Over Through Women

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For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.

~Dan Phillips

Topics: About Been Build Building Centuries Cost Cut Down Free House Materials Planet Some Thinking Trees Want Were You

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For me personally, Elliott Carter was and remains one of the most meaningful composers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries because he represents substance. He was the living proof of uncompromising, complex music, which at first seems inaccessible. But it becomes accessible if one digs in and sees the development through.

~Daniel Barenboim

Topics: Accessible Because Becomes Carter Centuries Complex Composers Development Early First He Inaccessible Late Living Me Meaningful Most Music Personally Proof Remains Represents Seems Sees Substance Through Uncompromising Which

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I feel that the Jews have always had a special connection to this part of the world, which in geographical terms was called Palestine for so many centuries.

~Daniel Barenboim

Topics: Always Centuries Connection Feel Geographical Had Jews Many Palestine Part Special Terms Which World I Feel

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No state, as a matter of public policy, should turn back the clock on progress by, in effect, legalizing and relitigating the same types of discriminatory laws and debates that took America centuries to overcome.

~Dannel Malloy

Topics: America Back Centuries Clock Debates Effect Laws Matter Overcome Policy Progress Public Public Policy Same Should State Took Turn Types

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We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.

~Dario Fo

Topics: Centuries Democratic Down Every Extremely Had Italy Knew Medieval Now Now And Then Returns Spirit Then Together Town Value Which Working Working Together

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