Literature Quotes - Page 19

• The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula.

  Herbert Croly

  Political, Principles, Substance

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.

  Herbert Croly

  Organization, Democracy, Woven

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.47, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I've always said that music is like literature.

  Jose Carreras

  Said, Music Is

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• If I hear the word 'perky' again, I'll puke.

  Katie Couric

  Perky, Ifs, Puke

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• Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.

  Linda Chavez

  War, Iraq, Rights

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• Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

  Linda Chavez

  White, Rights, Violence

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• Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived and written. The settings are wonderfully pictorial. There is no doubt in my mind that Cutting for Stone will endure in the permanent literature of our time.

  Richard Selzer

  Brother, Cutting, Medicine

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• Intern is not just a gripping tale of becoming a doctor. It's also a courageous critique, a saga of an immigrant family living (at times a little uneasily) the American dream, and even a love story. A great read and a valuable addition to the literature—and I use the word advisedly—of medical training.

  Melvin Konner

  Dream, Doctors, Training

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• Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

  Margaret Cavendish

  Doors, House, Remember

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• We're all going to die. While I'm still here, I want to make a difference.

  Neil Cavuto

  Differences, Making A Difference, Want

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• I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler.

  Gustavo Dudamel

  Philosophy, Book, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars.

  Jared Diamond

  Air, Years, People

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• The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

  Jared Diamond

  Book, Media, Iraq

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• Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science.

  Jared Diamond

  Animal, Years, Effort

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• The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.

  Jared Diamond

  Crops, Natal, Enormous

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• We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

  Jared Diamond

  Social, Uncomfortable, Considering

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• No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.

  Jared Diamond

  Government, Forever, Our Society

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• I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.

  Alice Eve

  Real, World, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Mean, Honor, Might

  "Interview: Jeffrey Eugenides on writing in C major". Interview with Carolyn Kellogg, latimesblogs.latimes.com. October 29, 2011.

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• The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Ideas, Mind, Rewards

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• Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.

  Alexandra Fuller

  Book, Reality, Diaries

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• I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into.

  Jonathan Frakes

  Baseball, Writing, Biographies

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• I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

  Ken Follett

  Kings, Thinking, Parent

  "Ken Follett: Prolific writer, fan of 19th-century novels". Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. September 23, 2012.

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• If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely.

  Tim Ferriss

  Government, Support, Salt

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• I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?

  Maggie Grace

  Art, Believe, Sight

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