Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.Henry James Sumner Maine
Quotes to Explore
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
Dan Quinn -
A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
Kage Baker -
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
Dan Savage -
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren Bennis -
My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
Samantha Morton -
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
Langston Hughes
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
Adam Lambert -
Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
Washed Out -
We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
Kate Brown -
I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
Felicity Jones -
I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.
A. R. Rahman
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I was a big fan of Raven Symone, when 'That's So Raven' was out. I used to say, 'Oh my God, that should be my show!'
Imani Hakim -
Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
Barbara Kruger -
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
Jackie Gleason -
I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood. My parents own the shop, and I'm there all the time, that I worked in when I was a teenager. I have a child from my childhood sweetheart.
Vanessa Ferlito -
My music lives because of real players.
Abel Korzeniowski -
Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I love helping out good people who are doing good things.
J. R. Martinez -
Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.
Alan King -
When I was little, I thought my country was the best on the planet. And I grew up singing a song called 'Nothing To Envy.' And I was very proud. In school, we spent a lot of time studying the history of Kim Il-Sung, but we never learned much about the outside world, except that America, South Korea, Japan are the enemies.
Lee Hyeon-seo -
You mean the world to me and I'll never stop loving you 'Cause what you have given me I can never repay And if we meet again somehow, I will love you then as now 'Cause you mean the world to me
David LaMotte -
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world.
Henry James Sumner Maine