#century

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#been #century #children #courageous #fearless

Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#feudalism #sense #totalitarianism #twelfth #word

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#bearing #century #end #events #horrific

I find that in the 21st century, there's not a lot of compassion for what other people are going through or the walk that they have to walk. ↗

— Tori Amos

#century #compassion #find #going #i

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse. ↗

— Tori Amos

#abuse #age #century #discoveries #especially

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#about #art #assumes #because #better

At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#britain #century #countries #every #france

It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake. ↗

— Bille August

#big #century #come #dream #eve

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. ↗

— Russell Baker

#century #comic #english #english literature #literature

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#almost #becoming #century #everything #fiction