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In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were all evolving, but at a pretty observable pace.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Architecture Arts Century Change Evolving Industry Music Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Novel Pace Painting Pretty Retrospect Seems Were

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Russia was the last to leave the 19th century and the most rapid to enter the mandates of the 20th century. It was not an evolution. It was not a slow process.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Century Enter Evolution Last Leave Mandates Most Process Rapid Russia Slow 20Th Century 19Th Century

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We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: About Access Airport All Americans American Bridges Broadband Build Century Dams Energy Forget Grid Infrastructure Last Locks Making Need Our Rail Replacing Roads Sure Water Work

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In the 21st century, our adversaries will continue to use cyberattacks against us. We need to be prepared to defend our networks against this growing threat to our democracy, especially the most fundamental part of our political system: our elections.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: Adversaries Against Be Prepared Century Continue Defend Democracy Elections Fundamental Growing Most Need Networks Our Part Political Political System Prepared System Threat Us Use Will 21St Century

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I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.

~Amy Smart

Topics: Because Carried Centuries Century Challenge Going Incredible Just Language Love Many Me People Period Piece Stories Themselves Those Through Way Were Within Would

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I read academic books on courtesan culture at the turn-of-the century in Shanghai such as Gail Hershatter's 'The Gender of Memory'. The diaries were mostly in the form of letters from courtesans to a lover who had disappeared or taken their savings.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Academic Books Century Culture Diaries Disappeared Form Gender Had Letters Lover Memory Mostly Read Savings Shanghai Taken Were Who

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There was a time when Stefan Zweig was the most widely read author in the world. He was lionized everywhere, translated into every language. For the first four decades of the 20th century, his novellas and biographies were devoured by rich and poor, young and old, well read or less so.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Author Biographies Century Decades Devoured Every Everywhere First Four He His Language Less Most Old Poor Read Rich Time Translated Well Were Widely World Young 20Th Century

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One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.

~Andre Leon Talley

Topics: Amazing Architects Architecture Century Churches Created Dome Favorite Favorite Things Go Humble Imagination Incredible Like Living London Obviously Onion Paris Places Provinces Russia See Things Were Wonders Wood 18Th Century

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The thing I'm particularly interested in is natural history. In its heyday, the mid- and late-nineteenth century, when people were going out and gathering the first huge caches of data and trying to understand what was living and growing everywhere, there was such a sense of freshness to that pursuit. It's very exciting.

~Andrea Barrett

Topics: Century Data Everywhere Exciting First Freshness Gathering Going Growing History Huge Interested Living Mid Natural Natural History Out Particularly People Pursuit Sense Thing Trying Understand Very Were

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I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: After Belief Century Christianity Core Death Doctrines Ever Fact In Fact Incarnation Increased Life Resurrection Strong Think I Think

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