Ultranza Significado Quotes & Sayings

In 'Colonization in Reverse'41 (a famous poem much anthologized) the speaker is presented as a more or less reliable commentator who implies that Jamaicans who come to 'settle in de motherlan' are like English people who settled in the colonies. West Indian entrepreneurs, shipping off their countrymen 'like fire', turn history upside down. Fire can destroy, but may also be a source of warmth to be welcomed in temperate England. Those people who 'immigrate an populate' the seat of the Empire seem, like many a colonizer, ready to displace previous inhabitants. 'Jamaica live fi box bread/Out a English people mout' plays on a fear that newcomers might exploit the natives; and some of the immigrants are - like some of the colonizers from 'the motherland' - lazy and inclined to put on airs. Can England, who faced war and braved the worst, cope with people from the colonies turning history upside down? Can she cope with 'Colonizin in reverse'? — Mervyn Morris

I have always been ahead of my time. — Nikola Tesla

I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like. — Kevin Hart

People aren't used to that way of thinking, they want everything to stay the same. And the consequence of that is pain. — Paulo Coelho

although she shook her head. — Shirley Jackson

as the Age of Bush gave way to the Era of Obama, little of substance changed. That was the greatest irony of all. — Andrew J. Bacevich

I felt the joy of knowing that in some small way I had fought back against someone who wanted to rule me against my will. I said no. — Doris Mortman

I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role. — Richard Branson

Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a way around law. By pretending that procedure will get rid of corruption, we have succeeded only in humiliating honest people and provided a cover of darkness and complexity for the bad people. There is a scandal here, but it's not the result of venal bureaucrats.
(1994) p. 99 — Philip K. Howard