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The sad truth is that without complex business partnerships between African elites and European traders and commercial agents, the slave trade to the New World would have been impossible, at least on the scale it occurred.
Henry Louis Gates
Sad
Truth
Business
Truth Is
World
Impossible
Sad Truth
Complex
Scale
Would
Between
New
Partnerships
Without
Trade
Occurred
Least
Been
Commercial
New World
African
Agents
European
Elites
Slave
The evolutionary explanation for origins, although impossible either to prove or to test scientifically, is nevertheless defended by its proponents on the basis that it is the only explanation which is naturalistic, not involving the 'supernatural' element of a divine Creator.
Henry M. Morris
Impossible
Evolutionary
Only
Supernatural
Divine
Nevertheless
Involving
Although
Prove
Scientifically
Test
Either
Which
Explanation
Naturalistic
Element
Creator
Origins
Basis
Defended
But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system.
Henry Mayhew
Impossible
First
System
Minutes
Seems
Divisions
Almost
Industry
Reduce
Branches
Labour
Any
Manifold
Them
In the long run, it's impossible to make progress without sometimes having setbacks, although people who get lucky on their first attempt sometimes forget this.
Henry Spencer
People
Progress
Sometimes
Impossible
Long
First
Run
Having
Long Run
Attempt
Make
Although
Without
Forget
Get
Who
Lucky
Setbacks
Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
Ibrahim Rugova
People
Impossible
Country
NATO
Intervene
Our
Way
Destroy
Recognize
Solution
Find
Had
Were
Efforts
Did
Order
Want
Wanted
Us
Serbia
Peaceful
Why
Save
Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.
Ida Lupino
Today
You
Woman
Impossible
Matter
Power
Unless
Hesitate
Minute
Writer
Almost
Talented
Hire
Were
Subject
Subject Matter
Actress
Right
If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'
Idris Elba
You
Impossible
Black
White
Films
Everyone
Almost
Make
Call
Going
Just
Represents
Which
Then
Film
Why
Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.
Ingrid Newkirk
People
Impossible
Animals
Humane
Birds
Percent
More
Small
Come
Sheer
Makes
Were
America
Hugely
Eggs
Them
Us
Produced
Farms
Meat
Even
Milk
Satisfy
Raise
Raised
Desire
Number
Even if there is endless documentation, it would be impossible to know what a man thought inside his own mind... This is where the novelist's creative imagination has to take over.
Irving Stone
Man
Creative
Impossible
Mind
Thought
Own
Imagination
Would
Would-Be
Inside
Take
Over
Know
Documentation
His
Endless
Where
Even
Novelist
There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
Isaac Hanson
World
Impossible
Cities
Pick
Almost
Around
Lovely
Many
The telephone lets anybody say what he wants to the person of his choice; he can conduct business, express love, or pick a quarrel. It is impossible for bureaucrats to define what people say to each other on the phone, even though they can interfere with - or protect - the privacy of their exchange.
Ivan Illich
Love
Privacy
Business
People
Phone
Impossible
Other
Define
Telephone
Say
Though
People Say
Exchange
Pick
He
Protect
Quarrel
His
Conduct
Person
Bureaucrats
Anybody
Wants
Choice
Interfere
Even
Each
Express
Lets
Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
J. B. Priestley
Man
Change
Impossible
Try
Accidents
Reveals
Accidental
Them
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
J. M. Coetzee
Thoughts
Heart
Animal
Writing
Impossible
Mind
Animals
Feelings
Own
Difficult
Our
Project
Indeed
About
Temptation
Only
Least
Very
May
Human
Them
Then
Inhabit
Human Mind
Consciousness
Belong
Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
Jack Antonoff
Impossible
Whatever
Feels
Like
Singles
Selling
Thing
Million
Albums
It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
Jack Ma
Impossible
Slow
Down
Economy
Learn
China
Keep
Growth
Needed
I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.
Jack Rodwell
Saying
Impossible
Never
Get
Going
Just
Again
Injured
When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
Jackie DeShannon
Good
You
Impossible
Try
Think
Elvis
Way
Out
Tried
See
Records
Had
He
Performing
Like
Know
Him
Practically
Get
Just
Anyone
Fortune
Figure
Ever
Good Fortune
Set
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
Jackie DeShannon
Time
Myself
Great
Writing
Impossible
Try
My Time
Couples
Practically
Still
Lot
I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
Jackie DeShannon
Impossible
Single
Think
Too
Elvis
Out
Pretty
Lifetime
Highlight
Highlights
Were
His
Just
Being
As Far As
Fan
Far
Much
Many
Career
I'm such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it's happening. I'm thinking about how to get the next thing right.
Jacob Anderson
Impossible
Pessimist
Enjoy
Thinking
Find
About
How
Get
Anything
Happening
While
Next
Next Thing
Right
Thing
It would be impossible for me to say when the idea of becoming an owner first came to me. Probably it was a gradual process. The first time the matter was brought to my attention in a concrete form, however, was when Charles Murphy was selling out his controlling interest in the Chicago Cubs.
Jacob Ruppert
Time
Me
Impossible
Matter
First
Controlling
Say
Out
Would
Would-Be
Charles
Brought
Attention
Idea
First Time
Cubs
Becoming
Concrete
Came
However
His
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Selling
Gradual
Owner
Form
Process
Interest
Murphy
I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Leadership
World
Impossible
Leader
Live
Think
Almost
Come
Supposed
Equate
Fix
Person
Often
Just
Being
Interconnected
Just One
Experts
Now
Things
President Kennedy said that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. I would say that the converse is true.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Impossible
Inevitable
Revolution
President
President Kennedy
Say
Those
Would
True
Make
Said
Converse
Who
Peaceful
Kennedy
Violent
The trouble with vitreous water is that vitrification should be impossible.
Jacques Dubochet
Water
Impossible
Trouble
Should
I would say that all traditional philosophies up to and including Marxism have tried to derive the 'ought' from the 'is.' My point of view is that this is impossible; this is a farce.
Jacques Monod
Impossible
Ought
Philosophies
Say
Would
Tried
Point
Point Of View
Marxism
Traditional
Up
Farce
View
Derive
Including
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
James Anthony Froude
Freedom
Impossible
Will
Morality
Make
Deny
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