Melvyn Bragg The abolition of slavery was driven by the King James Bible. It gave slaves a common language and purpose. – Melvyn Bragg Abolition Quotes Bible Quotes Common Quotes Driven Quotes James Quotes King Quotes Language Quotes Purpose Quotes Slavery Quotes Slaves Quotes The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided for themselves what they will be in society. You ask 20 of your friends how English and American democracy came about. None of them would say that Anglicanism or Protestantism had anything to do with it. But it was crucial to it!
Daniel Woodrell You want to hear an agent scream, say, ‘I’m thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.’ – Daniel Woodrell
Mark Fisher If, as is certainly the case, capitalism cannot do without nationality, that is precisely why accelerating and intensifying the deterritorializing, de-ethnicizing and anti-national impulses within (but inhibited by) capitalism constitutes an anti-capitalist strategy. – Mark Fisher
Steven AdlerThankful Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I’ve accomplished my goal. I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and left that chapter of my life and those people in the past. Good and bad, I’ve loved and am thankful for that chapter. – Steven Adler
Colm Toibin Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died. – Colm Toibin
John Corbett I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid. – John Corbett
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