When Europe dominated, there were no or few feedback loops. Or, to put it another way, there were few, if any, consequences for its behaviour towards the non-western world: relations were simply too unequal.
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Related I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few wome... LEAH WARD SEARS I've heard that while the show was on there were no reported crimes, or very few. When The Beatles w... GEORGE HARRISON There were no flames and no one was hurt. Nor were there any prerequisites for an explosion or radio... IGOR DYGALO If there were no poor there were no rich...its all about reference! IDDI LUKOO The few things I’d sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and baby were worth it. NICOLE WILLIAMS Words were few and failing between them as though the silence that sat with them had laid its old li... MICHAEL BEDARD There were a few moments. GARRY BEERS There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. In... JAVY LOPEZ At the time most of these studies were done, few Western women were eating tofu, but many were getti... BRUCE TROCK Those were a tense few minutes while we waited for the first signals back. When it came through, the... MAX MEERMAN Nothing in the world, no object or event, would be true or false if there were not thinking creature... DONALD DAVIDSON Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances ... GUNTER GRASS When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989, Reagan and Thatcher displayed Churchillian magnanimity towa... ALISTAIR HORNE There were some that looked undercover or not in uniform and then there were a quite a few that walk... NATALIE FUSCO They are checking to see if any of it was used or if there were any latent images. SUPERINTENDENT PAUL HAIN If they've been put there to fight, there are far too few. If they've been put there to be killed, t... ERNEST F. HOLLINGS Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitte... HARRIET BEECHER STOWE There were some weekends when you had the big new film of the weekend, when you thought you were goi... JEFF BLAKE I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to ... ROMA DOWNEY There was no way we could play any games today. It was too upsetting and, besides, the cops were out... NIAL WAGNER If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the tea... HARRIET BEECHER STOWE You know, the last few days, instead of campaigning full blast, I and my supporters were working rou... RAMESHWAR TELI They were fast girls, and there were a lot of them, but with a swim here or a swim there, we probabl... GEORGE PHILPOTT I think the secretary has made quite clear over the past few days that the ideas and parameters that... RICHARD BOUCHER There was nothing really serious and there were no injuries. There are a few buildings with cracks. ... BALA NAIDOO When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, th... NAOMI WOLF I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique... L. E. MODESITT, JR. There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her. NICHOLAS SPARKS There were a few nails, but the explosives were not meant to harm, just to make noise. ANTONIETTA SONNESSA If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power host... WENDELL WILLKIE When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats.... JAMIE DIMON When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting th... SHANNON LUCID Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared... JOHN LEWIS I wish I was still out there playing. Though we were down a few points, or 15 or 20, whatever it was... DANIEL FREEMAN It made a difference playing outside for a few days. The biggest thing was playing together in live ... JEFF MESSER If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might... SIMON CONWAY MORRIS If they had 30 Martin Brodeurs out there, that rule wouldn't be there; nobody would have voted for i... MARTIN BRODEUR if the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe). LAURENT FABIUS When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were... WALTER MOSLEY For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had... CASSANDRA CLARE There were a few flutters in the changerooms when Huss played that shot and was dismissed, JON MOSS There were a few flutters in the changeroom when Huss played that shot and was dismissed, JON MOSS She couldn't disappoint the whole village. There were no wallscreens here, no newsfeeds or satellite... SCOTT WESTERFELD At the Sex Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, they were a phenomenal help, too. We went out there fo... LIAM NEESON If Jamie had taught me anything over these last few months, she’d shown me that actions—not thou... NICHOLAS SPARKS The original CD met all those criteria. You were able to put it to cassette. In the last few years y... PAUL EPSTEIN There were quite a few things she wasn't aware of. BEVERLY BOSH There was a period when there were few modern standard bearers. Now lots of people are doing traditi... CHRIS WILLMAN There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports... JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more tha... BERTRAND RUSSELL It feels like there was a really, in some ways, kind of fashiony, contrived feeling that surrounds t... DUSTIN KENSRUE If much in the world were mystery the limits of that world were not, for it was without measure or b... CORMAC MCCARTHY When I started in the late nineties, it was all about young Hollywood. There were jobs for all of us... CHRIS KLEIN A few decades ago, the Irish decided they were tired of being always near the bottom of Europe's... EVAN BAYH There were no civilian or firefighter injuries. DON ARNOLD When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The onl... ERNEST HEMINGWAY There were no jesters, there were no bands, there were no people expect for us, CHRIS EYRE If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry WILLA CATHER The sheriff and I stood there for a few minutes and just kind of stared at what we were seeing. We w... RANDY SOMMERS There are a few ironclad rules of diplomancy but to one there is no exception. When an official repo... JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH There were a few anomalies in the spectrum that we couldn't explain. DOUG HUDGINS If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more tha... BERTRAND RUSSELL If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring ... C.S. LEWIS I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any w... SIR THOMAS BROWNE When comparing 100 years of experience to 1, there is a way to close the gap. One must simply unders... LIONEL SUGGS It was pretty shocking. There were very few plays that they played straight up. IMMANUEL HUTCHERSON There are few successful adults who were not first successful children. ALEXANDER CHASE Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or gov... ROBERT KURSON And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak... LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD When there were objections that could have gone one way or the other way, they usually went Brian's ... BARRY HAZEN Probably half the cases of Civil War dead were not identified. And so there was no way to let loved ... DREW GILPIN FAUST When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all. MARILYNNE ROBINSON We monitored intelligence reports. There were no specific threats to the city of Detroit or any Supe... JAMES TATE There were a few 6th form girls that I got with when I was I the 6th form, they were really nice, so... CHARLIE SIMPSON Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were ... HENRY LAWSON What we have now is basically $68 million worth of projects that were recommended. Most of them were... JAMES KUNKE It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren't already... CHARLES H. TOWNES Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get throug... NATHANIEL PHILBRICK If anything, the reason why they scored that goal was a mental lapse. I feel like the girls, there w... AMBER SMITH There were a few words and a few looks at each other on the pitch, but not much was said. ROBERT PIRES The crowd is cool. I don't know if there were any Canadians out there, but they were cheering for Ca... ERINNE WILLOCK There were a few matches that we could have won but didn't. MATT MEREDITH It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a... ANN WILSON In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but ha... DEBORAH ELLIS My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant... ELAYNE BOOSLER When we look at the way we were able to increase transactions while keeping head count flat or going... MARK PASDON It was taken very seriously. There was no way of knowing it was a hoax. It had to be treated as if i... LARAE QUY The scientists I looked up to at the beginning were not Latino. They were famous scientists of many ... MARIO J. MOLINA The root of the problem is very simply stated: if there were no sovereign independent states, if the... NORMAN ANGELL It wasn't too late. We knew if we just stayed at it and chipped away and got a few here and there, t... COLE GILLESPIE I married my first boyfriend. We just married too young. No children. So that broke up. There were a... LIANE MORIARTY It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to ... STEPHANIE PEARL-MCPHEE There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation. PAUL WATSON The mass market still is entrenched in a non-MP3 world. Until that changes, there's just too few iPo... GENE MUNSTER We had quite a few (fouls) where we were a step late or in the wrong place. It definitely makes you ... ADAM BOONE For the most part, I think they've been pretty good. The crew we had the first and second nights wer... LUIS ALICEA There were no stimulants, steroids or erythropoietin (EPO) found. ARNE LJUNGQVIST While we know a lot about how teeth and facial structures changed over time, it was thought that onc... GARY SCHWARTZ If you were looking for an excuse to sell, you got a few things pushing you towards that. I'm a litt... KURT BRUNNER
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BRIAN JACQUES Wot Wot BRIAN JACQUES I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back t... JACQUES DERRIDA This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For ... JACQUES PEPIN Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture. JACQUES DERRIDA The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical... JACQUES ELLUL These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned.... JACQUES CHIRAC After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what ... JACQUES PEPIN If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but com... JACQUES DERRIDA When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don&... JACQUES PEPIN You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, ... JACQUES PEPIN But this emphasis would be lavished in vain, if it served, in your opinion, only to abstract a gener... JACQUES LACAN Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful. JACQUES AUDIARD When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax. JACQUES PEPIN It's sad that you don't see drivers being real people. JACQUES VILLENEUVE All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have f... JACQUES LIPCHITZ What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature,... JACQUES COUSTEAU And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, JACQUES REVAUX (Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereo... JACQUES ELLUL The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical... JACQUES ELLUL The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judg... JACQUES VERGES Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people w... JACQUES LACAN My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist... JACQUES DELORS I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles. BRIAN JACQUES I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe. JACQUES DERRIDA It's the first time I've seen any of my work done like this, BRIAN JACQUES I suppose there's a child inside me who wants to get out, ... A little baldy child with a beard. Ha! BRIAN JACQUES I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning, ... Who ever thought I'd be a children's author --... BRIAN JACQUES Ah, 'tis a good strong yarn, about the sea, and all the legends that surround it, BRIAN JACQUES I use animals native to Great Britain, ... The animals have human traits, like the mole is a tiny, f... BRIAN JACQUES Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human, ... They know what a 'dirty rat' is. BRIAN JACQUES Any time I go into anything like this, I make sure, before I ever put pen to paper, that I've got th... BRIAN JACQUES Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious ins... JACQUES LACAN Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital d... JACQUES BARZUN The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the do... JACQUES DERRIDA We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their... JACQUES MARITAIN The Christian should participate in social and political efforts in order to have an influence in th... JACQUES ELLUL