10 QUOTES WITH «THE EMPIRE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
the Empire.
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.
The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.
The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.
It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these cylindrical water towers on top of buildings that Steve Ditko's 'Spider-Man' fights used to happen in and around.
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with his film about the Empire State Building - eight hours or so from one angle, and even then it's not really cinema verite, because you aren't actually there.
Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.
I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE EMPIRE»
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the Empire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Empire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Imperialism as we knew it may be no more, but Empire is alive and well. It is, as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri demonstrate in this bold work, the new political order of globalization.
Professor Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, 2009
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Dismantling
the Empire: America's Last Best Hope
If we do not learn from the fates of past empires, he suggests, our decline and fall are foreordained. This is Johnson at his best: delivering both a warning and an urgent prescription for a remedy.
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The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry Into
the Condition of ...
This work shows how, during the 20th century, the perspective on victims of trauma shifted from suspicion to recognition.
Didier Fassin, Richard Rechtman, 2009
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The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial ...
The Circus was always employed as the archetypal image of the centre, the '
heart of the Empire' (symbolized bythe statue of Eros onthe fountain, the
centreofthe 'centre'). Therefore, Frame's dismantling ofthe centrality oftheCircus
isespecially ...
Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin, 2003
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Kingdoms of
the Empire:
The Integration of Barbarians in ...
Frühmittelalter - Grab/Gräberfeld - Europa.
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The Empire of
the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture
Annemarie Schimmel has written extensively on India, Islam and poetry. In this comprehensive study she presents an overview of the cultural, economic, militaristic and artistic attributes of the great Mughal Empire from 1526 to 1857.
Annemarie Schimmel, Burzine K. Waghmar, 2004
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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in ...
From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America’s struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South ...
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Married To
The Empire: Gender, Politics and Imperialism in ...
Drawing on a wide range of sources, including memoirs, novels, interviews, and government records, the book examines how marriage provided a role for women in the empire, looks at the home as a site for the construction of imperial power, ...
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The Empire of
the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
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The Empire of Nature: Hunting, Conservation and British ...
This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE EMPIRE»
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the Empire is used in the context of the following news items.
Australian wins race up Empire State Building
Suzy Walsham dashed up 1,576 steps to the 86th-floor observatory in the Empire State Building Run-Up on Wednesday night in 12 minutes and 30 seconds. «Crain's New York Business, Feb 15»
How To Put a Mustang on Top of the Empire State Building
Look! There in the sky! It's a bird… it's a plane… it's…. a Ford Mustang? Yes, it is. A Mustang GT convertible, to be exact. Thursday is the Mustang's 50th ... «Wired, Apr 14»
2 dead, 9 wounded in Empire State Building shootings, police say
A disgruntled former apparel designer was killed Friday morning in a hail of police gunfire in front of the Empire State Building after he shot and killed a ... «CNN, Aug 12»
