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In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In the 21st century, we must devote ourselves to restoring it.

In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order.

We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks, in the spirit of Josef Stalin, 'How many divisions do international norms have?'

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability.

I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish themselves. It's the 21st century and that's really not acceptable, so if I could do something that would change that I would be really happy.

It keeps startling me that at the beginning of this 21st century, at a time when we can . . . explore the depths of the seas and build an international space station, we have not been able to make childbirth safe for all women around the world. ... This is one of the greatest social causes of our time.

The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.

It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus.

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning new skills.Everythi ng else will become obsolete over time.

The situation of women living in Islam-stricken _x000D_ societies and under Islamic laws is the outrage _x000D_ of the 21st century. Burqa-clad and veiled women _x000D_ and girls, beheadings, stoning to death, _x000D_ floggings, child sexual abuse in the name of _x000D_ marriage and sexual apartheid are only the most _x000D_ brutal and visible aspects of women's _x000D_ rightlessness and third class citizen status in the Middle East

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

EFT is destined to be a top healing tool for the 21st Century.

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care.

The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.

In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration —an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card is just as unsuited for a 21st-century economy as an illiterate Central American farmer without a green card.

Fetish is the exploration of sex as art, and the refinement of one’s personal desires. Anything can be fetishised...There’ll be new fetishes forever. I feel that the 21st century is all about fetish.