Gary Bauer

As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.

American Public Servant

Emir Kusturica

My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?

Serbian Director

Octavio Paz

The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.

Mexican Poet

Paul de Man

The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements.

Belgian Critic

Jill Lepore

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.

American Historian

I. M. Pei

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.

American Architect

Jose Andres

The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow.

Spanish Chef

Joshua Oppenheimer

Cinema is, of course, the great storytelling medium of modernity.

British Director

Queen Rania of Jordan

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Jordanian Royalty

Emmanuel Macron

Modernity is disruptive, and I endorse that.

French Politician

Modernity often links to fashion, technology, and ideas that are popular now.

Trend Association

Modernity refers to the present or recent times, not ancient or historical periods.

Not Historical

Use 'modernity' to contrast the present with the past, emphasizing change and newness.

Contrast Usage

Modernity is sometimes specific to the changes during the late 19th and 20th centuries, like industrial advances.

Historical Period

Modernity in this sense can imply political changes, such as the spread of democracy in societies.

Democracy Link

The socio-economic landscape often shapes our understanding of modernity in a historical context.

Socio-Economic Shift

 The Romantics used these mythical references to signal the purity of the Ancient World in contrast to modernity. They typically regarded science with suspicion, and "Frankenstein" is one of the first cautionary tales about artificial intelligence. For Shelley, the terror was not supernatural,

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 such as the father of modernity, Erasmus. The advantages derived from peace diffuse themselves far and wide, and reach great numbers, while in war, if anything turns out happily, the advantage redounds only to a few, and those unworthy of reaping it.

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 not going our claim to modernity Lebanon is an example of a country that had difficult times but has managed to have a society which is inclusive and very open it and free and that's rather unique in the world let alone unique in the Middle

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 that means we're firm believers in modernity and technological progress sure it's fun to fantasize about simpler lives but not for the billions of people around the world in dire poverty whose lives of hardship are not a choice they

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 They're saving us by redefining and re-imagining a future that defies and blurs accepted polarities, polarities we've taken for granted for a long time, like the ones between modernity and tradition, First World and Third World,

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 Adorned with thorns and emitting ethereal light, it became an insignia of monastic love. This association between the heart and love has withstood modernity. When Barney Clark, a retired dentist with end-stage heart failure,

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 that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's an assumption that modernity is a product simply of competition, markets and technology. It is not. It is also shaped equally

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 The good news is that architects and developers have begun to rediscover the joys of texture without backing away from modernity. Some find innovative uses for old materials like brick and terra-cotta.

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 find bread much more handy to use than rice or cassava. So bread has become from a main staple, a source of calories associated with obesity and also a source of modernity, of modern life.

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 that is associated with a higher risk of death, rather than the long sleep itself. But if we take a step back and think about society overall, I think modernity is constantly pushing us