"I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application."

-- Heinrich Hertz

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“The aspiration to such uniformity and order alerts us to the fact that modern statecraft is largely a project of internal colonization, often glossed, as it is in its imperial rhetoric, as a 'civilizing mission'.”
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
“David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that youâ€™re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and youâ€™re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need, I thinkâ€”and Iâ€™m not saying Iâ€™m the person to do it. But I think what we need is seriously engaged art, that can teach again that weâ€™re smart. And that thereâ€™s stuff that TV and moviesâ€”although theyâ€™re great at certain thingsâ€”cannot give us.”

Source : David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.71, Broadway Books
“When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.”
“I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.”
“What I do and where I come from, the kind of music that I'm making, it's definitely U.K. If I turned around and did a tune with Timbaland, it would be amazing, but it would be me kind of leaving where I'm coming from.”
“Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.”
“I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.”

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