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Letter "C" » century
«Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?»
«As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.»
«From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy.»
«Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war»
Author: Douglas MacArthur
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General)
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About:
Honor,
Peace,
War
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Keywords:
accorded,
advance,
century,
contribution,
crediting,
gladly,
hence,
line of credit,
yield
«Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.»
«During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief.»
Author: Albert Einstein
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Physicist)
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Keywords:
before,
belief,
between,
By belief,
century,
conflict,
conflict of,
held,
knowledge,
last,
last century,
last out,
part,
There was,
The Last,
The One,
unreconcilable,
Was,
widely
«A world without walls is the only sustainable world. . . . If the world is dominated by people who believe that their races, their religions, their ethnic differences are the most important factors, then a huge number of people will perish in this century.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(
President)
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Keywords:
century,
differences,
dominated,
dominated by,
ethnic,
factors,
huge,
number,
perish,
races,
religions,
sustainable,
this century,
walls
«As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.»
«Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill. -mid 13th; 1st century AD in Latin»
Author: English Proverb
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Keywords:
A.D.,
century,
cock,
cocked,
cocking,
cocks,
cock up,
crow,
crowing,
dunghill,
dunghills,
Latin,
mid,
the 13th century,
The Crow
«Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is wealth. The God of this century is wealth. To succeed one must have wealth. At all costs one must have wealth.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Wealth
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Keywords:
ambition,
century,
costs,
fight,
must have,
The God,
this century,
wealth,
weapons,
with ambition,
worships