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There was a different, visionary team commitment that guided the black community at the beginning of the 20th century, best envisioned by educator, entrepreneur, and founder of Tuskegee University Booker T. Washington.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Beginning Best Black Black Community Century Commitment Community Different Educator Entrepreneur Envisioned Founder Guided Team University Visionary Washington 20Th Century T

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Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: Again Backs Century Exploration Flight Going Human Live Our Position Rest Retain Secondary Space Space Exploration Turn Vision

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

~C. Everett Koop

Topics: Advancement Been Carnegie Century Existence Foundation Most Teaching

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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Action Appeared Century Early First French French Revolution Great International Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Proletariat Revolution Scene Thirties

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In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Bourgeois Capitalism Century Combination Commercial Eighteenth Emancipate Europe Feudalism Itself Know Last Needed Quarter Which

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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.

~Caitlin Doughty

Topics: Bed Century Choice Concept Die Dying Environment Family Friends Friends And Family Given Had Home Hospital Late New Nothing People Person Relatively Reserved Sanitary Surrounded Wanted Who 19Th Century

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I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.

~Caitlin Kittredge

Topics: About Agencies Any Book Century Experimental Fascinating Goes Government Had Horrifying Intelligence Intelligence Agencies Medical Programs Psychological Read Reading Really Run Some Stuff Throughout Various You 20Th Century

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It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.

~Caitlin Moran

Topics: Before Body Century Designed Designs Nice Now Problem Random Seems Sew Something Squeezed Type Used Wanted Wear Women Would You Your Your Body Yourself 20Th Century

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I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done.

~Caitlin Moran

Topics: About Anything Because Century Done Embarrassed Everything Last Men Minds Said Should Talk Think Women Women Are Years 21St Century

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While 'Outlander' is a brilliant period show, Claire represents so many qualities of a 10th century modern-day woman: someone who is forging her own path, fighting for what she believes, and doing so with integrity.

~Caitriona Balfe

Topics: Believes Brilliant Century Doing Fighting Her Integrity Many Modern-Day Own Path Period Qualities Represents She Show Someone While Who Woman

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