Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist
Essays and reviews, Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time (2007)
Quote from a speech to the Association of American Law Schools
Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist
Essays and reviews, Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time (2007)
“I'm so appalled, Spalding, ball
Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all.”
Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter
So Appalled
Lyrics, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1848/jun/05/expulsion-of-the-british-ambassador-from in the House of Commons (5 June 1848).
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 4, Reformers Only Mornin’ Glories
Renée Mauborgne American economist
Renée Mauborgne in: Stuart Crainer, " W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne: The Thought Leader Interview http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11695?gko=d33f3," strategy+business, January 12, 2002. First Quarter 2002. Issue 26 (originally published by Booz & Company)
Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947–2017) President of North Yemen from 1978 to 1990; President of Yemen from 1990 to 2011
Source: President Bush Welcomes President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen to the White House (May 2007) http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070502-3.html#
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey
As quoted in I. Milletlerarası Gençlik Kongresi [First International Youth Congress] (1988) by Selçuk University, p. 19
Context: Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice and rancour.
Christopher Isherwood book Christopher and His Kind
Source: Christopher and His Kind (1976), p. 65
Context: The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, perverted, nationalistic cult, by which a few major artists and many minor ones were honored for their Germanness, not their talent.
“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”
Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer
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Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1568493/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes