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In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

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With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

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I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool. ↗

— James Cronin

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There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

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If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done. ↗

— Marcia Cross

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I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness. ↗

— Alan Cumming

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Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

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But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

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