Quotes about 20th century

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Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.Nev — Elie Wiesel, Night
16th century advertisements cannot market 21st century products. Look for what is necessary at the present moment. — Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You
In the twentieth century nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our ills than to cast ou — Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights. — Tariq Ali, The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. — Lester B. Pearson
The two came to differ on many, if not most, issues. But the man who would single-handedly defy Hitler in 1940 against a — Arthur Herman, Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Bernstein was impressed by Sloan's thoughtfulness. Sloan seemed convinced that the President, whom he very much wanted t — Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward
He believed the press was doing its job, but, in the absence of candor from the committee, it had reached unfair conclus — Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward
Florence, listen to me carefully. He squeezed her hand. Take whatever that agent offers you. Give him what he wants, and — Sana Krasikov
From the moment Julian entered the world, Florence had begun to conceive of life as separate from the aspects of its out — Sana Krasikov
Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories — Sana Krasikov
Was it an instinct towards their future life together that she was already sensing, which made her pull back? For what s — Sana Krasikov
Only then, as she prepared to cross the avenue, did she again spot the man in the fedora hat. He was at the opposite sid — Sana Krasikov
Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever she was walking into w — Sana Krasikov
Florence imagined the Hammer and Sickle metallurgical plant to be an enormous brick factory like the ones in New York. B — Sana Krasikov
A Red Riding Hood out of her depths in the woods of socialism — Sana Krasikov
She was arriving at a revelation that the secret to living was simply forgetting — Sana Krasikov
The Bolshevik leaders perched atop the Mausoleum were no easier to tell apart than chess pawns. But Florence too was cer — Sana Krasikov
Sunset was just then settling over Red Square. There seemed some hidden vision to be gleaned. A message about man’s chao — Sana Krasikov