Spanish Empire/twilight of The Global Empire 1800%e2%80%931899

Famous quotes containing the words spanish, empire, twilight and/or global:

    “They are a curious mixture of Spanish tradition, American imitation, and insular limitation. This explains why they never catch on to themselves.”
    —Helen Lawrenson (1904–1982)

    “Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi;
    Consider the Empire and Gandhi.”
    —Ogden Nash (1902–1971)

    “I’ve been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.”
    —Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)

    “Ours is a brand—new world of allatonceness. “Time” has ceased, “space” has vanished. We now live in a global village ... a simultaneous happening.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)