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And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.


Jane Campion


#been #century #does #effort #especially

For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed.


Whittaker Chambers


#century #changed #civilization #communist #completely

You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others.


Hermann von Helmholtz


#begun #capable #century #characterised #development

Let me state what the official IPCC prediction is: Sea levels could go up as much as three-quarters of a meter in this century, but there is a reasonable probability it could be much higher than that.


Steven Chu


#could #go #higher #ipcc #levels

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.


Arthur C. Clarke


#beginning #century #intelligent #january #mark

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?


Bernice Fitz-Gibbon


#already #century #consists #creativity #did

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft.


Brian Cox


#ago #become #century #choose #craft

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.


Susan George


#century #democracy #essentially #faced #get

We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories and writing about them, the material is endless.


John Grisham


#century #crime #endless #enjoy #every

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.


Tarja Halonen


#century #common #counterparts #creative #finland






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