#century

When I consider what it was that moved me to join the Communist Party, I have to cast my mind back for more than a quarter of a century to try and ascertain what precisely my motives at that time were. ↗

— Bram Fischer

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The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century. ↗

— Ken Follett

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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#always #been #burton #century #francis

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time. ↗

— John Fowles

#great #lack #misery #our #supposed

A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn't, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to. ↗

— Thomas Frank

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The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#being #camera #century #creative #creative life

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #century #dictatorships #latin #latin america

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even wondered about the merits of the capitalist system. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #black #capitalist #center #century

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#back #century #end #going #had

What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again. ↗

— Eric Liu

#bring #celebrate #century #create #diversity