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C. L. R. James Quotes

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

C. L. R. James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: trinidadian
Birth: January 4, 1901 - May 19, 1989

Topics

Great Action Revolution Early First

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Jeremy Taylor

God Time Man Short Earth Eternity

Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.

Joel Edgerton

Good Rain Bond You Tuxedo Pretty

Every part of me is a surfer. I love surfing, and I love the waves that I surf. So that's the thing that I get excited about most: What kind of waves am I going to be able to surf? Am I going to be surfing alone, or will we be surfing waves that no one's surfed before? Second to that is photography.

John John Florence

Love Alone Me Waves Photography Get

I'm learning to let go of the idea of trying to be perfect.

Sonoya Mizuno

Learning Trying Perfect Go Let Go

It's like a 'chicken or the egg' thing. We're all part of the culture. We're reflecting it; we're changing it. So, yeah, I think culture is always changing.

Roz Chast

Culture Think Egg Chicken Always

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

Lord Robertson

You Act Where Got Necessary Able

I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos.

Joy Behar

Myself Creative Me Chaos Comedy Out

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.

Jason Reitman

You Want Movies Way Possible Honest

When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you have to write a silent film. And it's tremendously helpful to learn how to do that because dialogue can be a crutch. If you can master a silent film, you're golden.

Allison Schroeder

School Learn You Done Silent Golden

I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief.

Philip Pullman

Christian Trying Belief Undermine

It's a little counterintuitive to people, that doing what people don't expect ends up being what people do expect. But that is true of Mac.

Phil Schiller

People Doing True Up Little Expect

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Pearl S. Buck

Growth Happiness Germ Itself