21st Century Quotes - Page 5

• And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.

  Edward James Olmos

  Europe, Long, Hemisphere

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• Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch.

  Ross Martin

  College, Firsts, Watches

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• All-around 21st-century artist the great Kanye West at Design Miami/ Basel

  Simon de Pury

  Artist, Design, West

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• My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBT rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Mother, Unfinished Business, Rights

  "Clinton: Gay marriage not the end" by Jose Delreal, www.politico.com. February 17, 2014.

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• When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

  Li Peng

  Two Sides, Hype, President

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• The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

  Warren Buffett

  England, Century, China

  "US will regain supremacy over next 40 years". www.abc.net.au. March 10, 2010.

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• Without any doubt at all, teacher quality is the fundamental differentiator. Not just, incidentally, of education, but I would argue, probably the biggest single differentiator of success for the nations of the 21st Century.

  David Puttnam

  Teacher, Doubt, Quality

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• The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration —an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card is just as unsuited for a 21st-century economy as an illiterate Central American farmer without a green card.

  Mark Krikorian

  Immigration, Different, Cards

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• Fetish is the exploration of sex as art, and the refinement of one’s personal desires. Anything can be fetishised...There’ll be new fetishes forever. I feel that the 21st century is all about fetish.

  Rick Castro

  Art, Sex, Forever

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• ...animal research is essential to tackling major 21st century health problems such as cancer and heart disease. Without the use of animals it would be impossible, in many cases, to develop drugs or any sort of medical treatment.

  George Radda

  Cancer, Heart, Animal

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• The most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of the MANUAL WORKER in manufacturing. The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is similarly to increase the productivity of KNOWLEDGE WORK and the KNOWLEDGE WORKER.

  Peter Drucker

  Learning, Knowledge, Unique

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management Challenges for the 21st Century”, p.116, Routledge

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• Thanks to Reagan, the insane now walk among us babbling about Starbucks and sodomite semen in this zombie apocalypse we call the 21st century.

  St. Sukie de la Croix

  Zombie, Insane, Thanks

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• India is going to be the 21st century's Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources

  Rahul Gandhi

  India, Arabia, Century

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• The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global economy. Career technical education (CTE) shares the Initiative s goal that all students must be college and career ready. CTE programs that incorporate the Common Core Standards will ensure students have the academic and technical knowledge and skills to be successful in the 21st century workplace.

  Kimberlee Green

  Educational, Successful, College

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• The great moral question of the twenty-first century is this: if all knowledge, all culture, all art, all useful information can be costlessly given to everyone at the same price that it is given to anyone; if everyone can have everything, anywhere, all the time, why is it ever moral to exclude anyone?

  Eben Moglen

  Art, Knowing, Culture

  "Eben Moglen: The dotCommunist Manifesto". Eben Moglen's speech at the Howard W. Odum Institute for Social Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, November 8, 2001.

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• I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

  Susan Cheever

  Believe, Century, Form

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• The 21st century is a really terrible time to be a control freak.

  Jared Cohen

  Freak, Century, Terrible Times

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• India is the Saudi Arabia of 21st century.

  Rahul Gandhi

  India, Arabia, Century

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• In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

  Eddie Obeng

  Motivation, Inspiration, Our World

  "Smart failure for a fast-changing world". TED Talks, www.ted.com. June 2012.

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• I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.

  Shinzo Abe

  Country, Believe, Writing

  "A Conversation With Shinzo Abe". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.washingtonpost.com. April 22, 2007.

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• I'm a 21st century guy, secure in who I am.

  Eric Holder

  Who I Am, Guy, Century

  "CBS: Eric Holder 'Ignoring Political Pressure;' Given 'Hero's Welcome' After Bush 'Cronyism'". "CBS News Sunday Morning" with Rita Braver, www.newsbusters.org. September 13, 2010.

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• Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.

  Hu Jintao

  Office, Effort, Growth

  The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 18, 2011.

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• The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Orchestra, Roles, Century

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• I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.

  Sanford I. Weill

  War, People, Challenges

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• What I enjoy doing is challenging stereotypes of what people believe a Tory must be. You don't have to say every Tory is in it for themselves - it's pathetic caricaturing that has no place in the 21st century, and if we can challenge that stereotype, then great.

  Louise Mensch

  Believe, People, Challenges

  "We're not all ogres". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

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