Quote by James Buchan
The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, tech

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world. – James Buchan

Other quotes by James Buchan

Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitlers short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing. – James Buchan

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power
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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. – James Buchan

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Politics
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To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, youre better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature – and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century. – James Buchan

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion. – Chris Wedge

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Technology

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves. – Herbert Simon

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Technology

You cant stop technology or science, and it is snowballing quicker than ever. Somethings got to come to a head. How? Who knows? But it will. – Billy Burke

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Technology

Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold its own if it doesnt, the thing collapses. – Arnold Newman

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Technology

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Im not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring. – Catherine Deneuve

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movies

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. – Epicurus

Category:
Fear

I could believe only in a God who would know how to dance. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

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Dancing

Also, in a funny way, if you have been happily married there are no unresolved areas, nothing to prove to yourself after the other dies. – Nigella Lawson

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funny