A Quote by Kurt Andersen
TED was simply wonderful, an intellectual spa, a 21st-century Chataqua, superb and singular.
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The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.
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My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBTQ rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.
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