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Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of

Xenophobia looks like becoming the mass ideology of the 20th-century fin-de-siecle . — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Lee Taemin: I think everybody in this world should be

I think everybody in this world should be loved. — Lee Taemin

Hobsbawm Quotes By Les Baxter: I aim my arrangements at what will fit

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible. — Les Baxter

Hobsbawm Quotes By Stella Young: I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given

I'm a full-time wheelchair user. And yet, given the right circumstances, I am able to work. — Stella Young

Hobsbawm Quotes By John Kessel: Play your heart out each game, so you

Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did you?' — John Kessel

Hobsbawm Quotes By Andy Hobsbawm: Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.

Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful. — Andy Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication

Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The paradox of communism in power was that

The paradox of communism in power was that it was conservative. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Like Machiavelli himself, he [Edward Luttwak] enjoys truth

Like Machiavelli himself, he [Edward Luttwak] enjoys truth not only because it is true but also because it shocks the naive — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Zephyr A. McIntyre: Independence is like a flower that nurtures itself

Independence is like a flower that nurtures itself in the light of another. — Zephyr A. McIntyre

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The only result of a horse race which

The only result of a horse race which historians can tell us with absolute confidence is one that has already been run. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Jacqueline Cochran: I can cure your men of walking off

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls. — Jacqueline Cochran

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: It is a melancholy illusion of those who

It is a melancholy illusion of those who write books and articles that the printed word survives. Alas, it rarely does. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The Communist Manifesto as political rhetoric has an

The Communist Manifesto as political rhetoric has an almost biblical force. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: As one would expect of tourists, they tried

As one would expect of tourists, they tried to find poverty colourful, — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The only certain thing about the future is

The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The imagined community of millions seems more real

The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Memory is life. It is always carried by

Memory is life. It is always carried by groups of living people, and therefore it is in permanent evolution. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: The most lasting and universal consequence of the

The most lasting and universal consequence of the French revolution is the metric system — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan

Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: And yet, something has changed for the better.

And yet, something has changed for the better. We have rediscovered that capitalism is not the answer, but the question. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Human beings are not efficiently designed for a

Human beings are not efficiently designed for a capitalist system of production. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Tim Meadows: I was really shy as a kid.

I was really shy as a kid. — Tim Meadows

Hobsbawm Quotes By Eric Hobsbawm: Indeed, it may be suggested that 'traditions' and

Indeed, it may be suggested that 'traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. — Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm Quotes By Harvey Weinstein: I always find that when I do something

I always find that when I do something that I like, from my heart, then it works. — Harvey Weinstein

Hobsbawm Quotes By Charlie Munger: I regard it as very unfair, but capitalism

I regard it as very unfair, but capitalism without failure is like religion without hell. — Charlie Munger