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The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to

The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way. – Marshall McLuhan

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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. – Marshall McLuhan

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Politics
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Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts. – William Gibson

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Vivendi will be one of the very few top communications groups of the Internet age. We will have customers all over the globe, providing services through all kinds of technology. – Jean-Marie Messier

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Technology

Im sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper. – Jack Kilby

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Technology

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things dont change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes. – Paula Danziger

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Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home. – Ben Stein

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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all. – Ed Markey

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Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. – Wyatt Earp

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But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out! – Anna Neagle

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