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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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Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka. – James Buchan

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War
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The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britains belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. – James Buchan

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War
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James Buchan
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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required. – James Buchan

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Business
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, thats a circle of win. – LeVar Burton

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Technology

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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Technology

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones. – Steve Buyer

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Technology

Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal. – Albert Einstein

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Technology

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If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. – Larry Leissner

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Confusion

Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, Im a good friend or not a good friend. Im more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. Thats just life, whether or not youre public. – Amy Grant

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mom

Ive got all the money Ill ever need, if I die by four oclock. – Henny Youngman

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Money

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. – Thomas Sowell

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Politics