"All this piling up of one technology on top of another-railroad on steamboat, interstate highway on railroad, hydroelectric dam on watermill-had reduced the Mississippi from a wonder of nature to this sluggish canal on the wrong side of the tracks."

-- Jonathan Raban

#Technology Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Track Quotes

“Anyone who supports terrorism, anyone who sees terrorism as a legitimate means, anyone who uses terrorism to cause the death of innocent people is a terrorist in my eyes.”

Source : "Czech PM upbraided for comparing Arafat to Hitler" by Andrew Osborn, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2002.
“We are all, always, the desire not to die. This desire is as immeasurable and varied as life's complexity, but at bottom this is what it is: To continue to be, to be more and more, to develop and to endure. All the force we have, all our energy and clearness of mind serve to intensify themselves in one way or another. We intensify ourselves with new impressions, new sensations, new ideas. We endeavor to take what we do not have and to add it to ourselves. Humanity is the desire for novelty founded upon the fear of death. That is what it is.”

Source : "The Inferno". Book by Henri Barbusse, 1917.
“Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone.”
“The whole world knows that I am a Madridista by heart; White until the death.”
“Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by.”
“Beg, borrow, steal, Africa needs to build infrastructure.”
“It's very unique. When you have someone who's lucky to get a minute in a game come up and tell you how you can be better when he's two years older than you, it's such a selfless act. Everyone is willing to tell you how to get better.”
“It wasn't so bad being a slave when your owner was yourself and stood up for you.”

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