#partly

This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could serve as a successful alternative to socialism. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#conflict #could #defeated #germany #given

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#angeles #because #i #i do #like

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be. ↗

— Robert Browning

#beast #distinctive #finds #god #hopes

Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#down #i #i think #older #partly

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#austen #because #characters #dickens #effectively

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year. ↗

— Colin Firth

#america #belong #briefly #extent #felt

There are a lot of people using technology that are playing to a click with backing vocals already stuck in there on some computerized thing that runs along in time to the show so they have these amazing vocals that are only partly the guys on stage producing them at the time. ↗

— James Young

#already #amazing #backing #click #computerized

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#ever #i #information #journalist #partly

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me. ↗

— Colin Firth

#adrift #america #appealed #because #been

The people on the business side in the music business are kind of different from the theatre business. I think it's partly because there are different pressures on the industries. ↗

— Tim Curry

#business #different #i #i think #industries