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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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The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. – James Buchan

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History
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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. – James Buchan

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Future
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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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Technology
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The technology is good and its bad. You know what youre dealing with out there musically, but my head stops at this electronic stuff. I dont quite know what Im dealing with out there yet. – Paul Anka

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Technology

We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously. – Robert Mueller

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Technology

With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans. – Jay Inslee

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Technology

In my mind I needed a symbol of todays technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so thats where Places of Power came into being. – John Sexton

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Technology

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Im sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. – Abraham Lincoln

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An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie. – Billy Sunday

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Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. – H. G. Wells

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