"The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell."

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Regina Brett

#Phones Quotes #Circles Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities,”

Source : "Americans urged to enjoy 4th, stay vigilant", www.cnn.com. July 1, 2002.
“I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.”

Source : Philip Pullman (2007). “The Amber Spyglass”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“The religion of Big Data sets itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignores her attainable needs.”
“Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.”
“It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community”
“The well-being of the British people and the health of our economy are far more important than any government's commitment to a particular strategy, but to change course now would be fatal to the whole counter-inflation strategy.”

Source : "Chancellor determined not to change course in the fight against inflation". The Times, March 11, 1981.
“Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God”
“I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.”

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