"Information is the religion of the modern world."

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Source : David Lodge (2011). “The Campus Trilogy: Changing Places; Small World; Nice Work”, p.390, Penguin

David Lodge

#World Quotes #Information Quotes #Modern Quotes

“A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.”

Source : Earl Warren (1972). “A Republic, If You Can Keep It. -”
“The jobs crisis has reached a boiling point, which is why we see Occupy Wall Street protestors crying out for an America that lets all of us reach for the American Dream again - a dream that says if you work hard and play by the rules, you can have a good life and retire with dignity.”

Source : "House Republicans Continue to Block Commonsense Make It In America Policies" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 26, 2011.
“We're looking to identify funds if we can. We're also looking at other resources to assist the government in making this a reality, ... At this point, we don't have a particular source of funding for that but we're still looking if we could help in finding another way to assist.”
“I love doing theater. That's where my home is.”
“Were I asked to define it, I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the sum of man's achievement in those arts and handicrafts whereby he has, in time past, signalized his passage from barbarism to civilization.”

Source : Will Durant (2011). “The Reformation: The Story of Civilization”, p.198, Simon and Schuster
“I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.”
“Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write them in this book. Grab a separate sheet of paper. I didn't spend two and a half weeks writing a book just so you could mark up the pages with your silly ideas for things you can do with a flowerpot. When it comes down to it, what's wrong with a flowerpot not being a flowerpot? Why is nothing ever good enough for you?”
“My red patent-leather, 5-inch peep-toe slingbacks are not mere shoes. They are fine art. They make me feel tall. They make me feel sexy. They make me feel powerful. I call them my 'special-day shoes.'”

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