#year

There has been hardly a single year since 1917, and in a certain sense since 1905, without a revolution somewhere in the world in which the workers participated in a rather important way. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

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I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#any #arisen #assessment #because #calm

I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#christmas #early #happy #i #jesus

And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#course #had #i #jobs #made

And the young people in the 1960's identified with it immediately, because, I guess the young people had been having years of repression really. They felt that the, you know, after the war everything was very austere, particularly in Europe. ↗

— George Martin

#austere #because #been #europe #everything

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out? ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#comes #coming #days #e-mail #first

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#i #later #make #me #movies

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. ↗

— Paul Martin

#been #deliver #delivering #governments #more

These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#come #conquer #emotions #even #existed

Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life - a more democratic way of life. I wanted to live the American Dream where if you worked hard and put your mind to the task, anything was possible. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#america #american #american dream #anything #better