#prominent

The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. ↗

— David Frum

#biggest #event #everybody #great #great power

It's very lonely being a prominent black intellectual at an institution where you're the only prominent black intellectual. That was the model that was followed in the late 60s when black studies started. You'd get one here and one there and one here, like Johnny Appleseed. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#black #followed #get #here #institution

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

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For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#century #europe #frederick #germanic #most

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#made #more #order #prominent #robbers

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#duty #even #every #exhibit #his

All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#naturalistic #philosophy #proclaim #prominent #safe

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#first #know #landmark #person #place