Eric Hobsbawm Quotes
Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.
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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
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In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women.
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a world where many rightfully believe that things have become worse. And I've suspected that this optimism blinds many in Silicon Valley to the real struggles in other parts of the country. So I decided to move home to Ohio.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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I eat like a horse!
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After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist - if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.
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Real Revolution Starts At Learning, If You're Not Angry, Then You Are Not Paying Attention.
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With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution.
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Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.
