"All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life."

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Source : "Shakespeare had no BlackBerry and Aristotle mananged without an iPhone" by writes Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2009.

Tom Hodgkinson

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“President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot better lately. They love to compare notes on ways the Tea Party's always trying to overthrow their rule in America.”
“The federal government would give money to the states. States would be able to negotiate at local rates. It's not Medicaid. People didn't want it to be Medicaid in Washington, either.”
“You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?”

Source : Hakuin Ekaku (2010). “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin: A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu”, p.1, Shambhala Publications
“The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.”
“I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them.”
“My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.”
“I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with my father, and he died when I was nine. She remarried, and her second husband died, too. I saw the grieving process she went through. My mother had this way of moving on. It was a fine trait.”
“People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems.”

Source : Bruce Schneier (2000). “Secrets and lies: digital security in a networked world”, Wiley

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