Adam Hochschild Quotes

For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Adam Hochschild

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 5, 1942

Topics

SlaveryBetterHeritageCountryWhy

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

Jim Sensenbrenner

SportsFootballBasketballProblems

I believe in public ownership, but I have never favoured the remote nationalised model of the postwar era.

Jeremy Corbyn

BelieveOwnershipI BelieveNever

We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings.

Andrew Heyward

TelevisionKindJustDealingWarp

I have had the privilege of serving as city comptroller, and I lead 750 professionals in the office, have appointed eight deputy comptrollers... no one has criticized my management of these 750 professionals.

John Liu

CityManagementPrivilegeOfficeHad

If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.

Robert Musil

RealitySenseMustPossibilityAlso

A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song.

John Wozniak

GreatSongPlayNeverWhich

Being part of the Fresh Healthy Vending team and the corporate-owned operations division has been incredible thus far. It has given me enough knowledge to take the important facts about healthy vending options to my own personal and professional contacts and expand these positive programs wherever we can.

Steve Finley

PositiveKnowledgeMeTeamFacts

Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.

Tom DeLay

WarFaceImportantNothingTaxes

Many mothers and daughters are as close as any two people can be, but closeness always carries with it the need - indeed, the desire - to consider how your actions will affect the other person, and this can make you feel that you are no longer in control of your own life.

Deborah Tannen

LifePeopleControlFeelYouPerson

I happen to be a 64-year-old woman who lives in Manhattan, so on and so forth, but am I the sum total of my sort of bodily coordinates? Well, of course not.

Deborah Eisenberg

WomanHappenWellManhattanWhoSum

When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll.

Art Garfunkel

HomeTogetherRock And RollFriends

Too fat, too thin, too loud, too quiet - I was never going to fit the standards others created for me. Instead of complying, I protested.

Ashley Graham

MeFatQuietOthersNeverStandards

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