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Wangari Maathai Quote: “And so I’m saying that, yes…”

And so I’m saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.

September 17, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Federico Garcia Lorca Quote: “There is nothing more poetic and…”

There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers’ battle with the heavens that cover them.

September 12, 2021 1898, Federico Garcia Lorca, June 5, Quotes by Poets, Spanish

Sophocles Quote: “It’s a terrible thing to speak…”

It’s a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

September 10, 2021 496 BC, Greek, Quotes by Poets, Sophocles

Juan Ramon Jimenez Quote: “Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for…”

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

September 7, 2021 1881, December 24, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Quotes by Poets, Spanish

Mao Zedong Quote: “The atom bomb is a paper…”

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn’t.

August 12, 2021 1893, Chinese, December 26, Mao Zedong, Quotes by Leaders

Amiri Baraka Quote: “Jimmy Baldwin was not only a…”

Jimmy Baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure: he was a man, spirit, voice – old and black and terrible as that first ancestor.

August 12, 2021 1934, American, Amiri Baraka, October 7, Quotes by Poets

Emma Goldman Quote: “Morality and its victim, the mother…”

Morality and its victim, the mother – what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

August 11, 2021 1869, Emma Goldman, June 27, Quotes by Activists, Russian

Cleveland Amory Quote: “There are three terrible ages of…”

There are three terrible ages of childhood – 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

July 19, 2021 1917, American, Cleveland Amory, Quotes by Historians, September 2

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Nothing is more terrible than activity…”

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

July 11, 2021 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

John Crowe Ransom Quote: “For no art and no religion…”

For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.

July 8, 2021 1888, American, April 30, John Crowe Ransom, Quotes by Poets

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