"The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. Nobody knows who invented hay, the idea of cutting grass in the autumn and storing it in large enough quantities to keep horses and cows alive through the winter. All we know is that the technology of hay was unknown to the Roman Empire but was known to every village of medieval Europe. Like many other crucially important technologies, hay emerged anonymously during the so-called Dark Ages."

-- Freeman Dyson

#Horse Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Dark Quotes

“The whole entire album is about Cry Baby, you know, being super insecure and kind of like going through her emotions until she finally realizes that she's comfortable with how crazy and insane she is and I think that I've made the exact same kind of progression , and the growth...and I don't know, like I feel like I've definitely grown into who I am and, like, I think Cry Baby is just me.”
“Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.”
“During this same year of 1896 another desire began to grow in me. I began to feel an ever greater yearning to love Jesus Crucified very much, and at the same time a desire to suffer with him and to help him in his sufferings.”

Source : Saint Gemma Galgani , Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint Gemma Galgani Collection [2 Books]”, p.56, Aeterna Press
“It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.”
“Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.”
“Granted there are only seven stories in the universe. And I agree with that. But give me a great variation of those stories. And literate.”
“He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.”
“The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we can develop football in the whole world.”

Source : "Sepp Blatter interview: The FIFA president on Qatar, Brazil and billionaire owners". Interview with Philippe Auclair, www.mirror.co.uk. September 22, 2013.

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