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My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

~Daniel Nathans

Topics: Came Century Early Early Years Freedom Immigrants Jewish New New World Opportunity Parents Part Russian Seeking States United United States Wave World Years

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We must not let ourselves be seen as rushing around the world looking for arguments... Nor should we let ourselves be seen as ignoring allies, disillusioning friends, thinking only of ourselves in the most narrow terms. That is not how we survived the 20th century. Nor will it serve in the 21st.

~Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Topics: Allies Argument Around Century Friends How Ignoring Looking Most Must Narrow Nor Only Ourselves Rushing Seen Serve Should Survived Terms Thinking Will World 20Th Century

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V. S. Pritchett was one of the most admired, fun, talked-about writers of the 20th century: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his work with prose. He was born in 1900, wrote till he died in 1997, and has been tidily forgotten ever since. This is a real shame.

~Darin Strauss

Topics: Admired Been Born Century Died Elizabeth Ever Forgotten Fun He His Most Prose Queen Real Shame Since Till Work Writers Wrote 20Th Century

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I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to do it in an exciting way so that I could reach more readers. Zombies seemed like a good way to do that.

~Darren Shan

Topics: About Century Could England Exciting Good Good Way Ireland Like More Racism Reach Readers Seemed Wanted Way Write Xenophobia Zombies 21St Century

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Manhattan was the capital of the twentieth century for black writers, artists, and intellectuals as much as it was for their white counterparts.

~Darryl Pinckney

Topics: Artists Black Capital Century Counterparts Intellectuals Manhattan Much Twentieth Twentieth Century White Writers

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I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

~Daryl Hall

Topics: Any Been Born Century Creatively Did Feel Just Like Mean Medium Musically Now Person Since Stronger Teenager Than Thrive Time Waiting I Feel 21St Century

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The late 20th century had just enough communication abilities to allow superstar-ness and communality to happen. It was a musical renaissance that rivals the visual one that happened in the 1400s.

~Daryl Hall

Topics: Ability Allow Century Communication Enough Had Happen Happened Just Late Musical Renaissance Rivals Visual 20Th Century

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Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that.

~Daryl Hall

Topics: Century Changed Important Important Thing Late Museum Music Now Part Really Thing World 20Th Century

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Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.

~Dave Anderson

Topics: Century He Hopes Instead Next Off Sail Sailing Sunset

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And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West.

~Dave Barry

Topics: Came Century Concept Europeans Get Looking New New Place October Place Try Up Were West

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