"A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to Europe via the Silk Road."

-- Charles C. Mann

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“Take away all the emotional baggage of any band's fight, be it The Beatles or The Stones, but in the end, you just enjoy the creativity. That's what the legacy is.”
“Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.”

Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.5, Harper Collins
“A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.”
“I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.”
“I say that there is nothing deficient about our current theoretical grasp of mind-brain identities. The problem is only that they are counter-intuitive.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.
“In editing, you really face what the movie is. When you shoot it, you have this illusion that you're making the masterpieces that you're inspired by. But when you finally edit the movie, the movie is just a movie, so there is always a hint of disappointment, particularly when you see your first cut.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I don't have any problem with the United States acting on behalf of its own interests. That's what big powers do; that's what all countries do. I would just like to see us analyze in a serious way what really is in our interest. Sometimes we intervene in foreign countries in ways that seem successful at first. In the end, however, we wind up with unpredicted consequences that make us regret those operations.”

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