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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: American American People Among Contemporary Depression Development Future Great Great Depression Large Most People Profound Sections Skepticism Society Striking

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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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As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Class Come Great Marxism Own Popular Sharpens Struggle Study Will

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Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the subordination which Booker T. Washington had preached.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Accept Could Great Had He History Longer Marked Negroes Preached Said Stage Struggles The History Of Washington Which T

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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: About Approach Because Believe Deal Dealing False Great Great Deal Holy Intensity Light Lightly Matters Much People Prefer Reverence Sacred Solemnity Some Some People Speaking Tones Too Too Much Write I Believe

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How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Age Great How Ills Incessant Old Old Age Prolonged Which

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To be a good director, you have to spend a lot of time on actual sets, but today, there's a lot of people who spend a lot of time in dark rooms writing a script, and they'll go in and tell the story to some suit at a studio who says, 'Okay, this is great, let's go.' But that doesn't necessarily mean you know what to do once you're on set.

~C. Thomas Howell

Topics: Actual Dark Director Go Good Good Director Great Know Lot Mean Necessarily Okay Once People Rooms Says Script Set Sets Some Spend Story Studio Suit Tell Time Today Who Writing You

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I mean, I'm willing to do anything with Chris Chulack - he's one of my favorite directors I've ever worked with, and I just think he's a fantastic man, and a great creator, and a good friend.

~C. Thomas Howell

Topics: Anything Chris Creator Directors Ever Fantastic Favorite Friend Good Good Friend Great He Just Man Mean Think Willing Worked

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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray. It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Always Been Chair Chemistry Colleague Concerning Cooperation Could Count Distinguished Education Every Experience Great His Invariably Matter Pioneer Privilege Ray Research Scientific Scientific Research Sir Sympathy Thought Work

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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: College Copy English Fortune Good Good Fortune Great Great Work His Known Masterpieces Possessed Sensations Still Student Tone Translation Well Well Known While Work

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