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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

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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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James Buchan
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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think theyre fine fellows and dont need to explain themselves. – James Buchan

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Money
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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science – steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains – none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last centurys attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. – James Buchan

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Science
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Technology
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It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit. – Janet Napolitano

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Technology

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology thats continually trying to erode that. – John Frankenheimer

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Technology

Im equally guilty of using technology – I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think theres something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think were closer when in fact were not seeing each other, were not connecting. – Jason Reitman

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Technology

The first stage in a technologys advance is that itll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if its successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration. – Chris Anderson

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Technology

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Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves. – Joseph Addison

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I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary. – Barney Frank

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To give money to a woman – and here I must speak as a man – is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. – James Buchan

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When I did Bumble-ardy, I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did Bumble-ardy. I did Bumble-ardy to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. – Maurice Sendak

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Death