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“More material progress has been made during the past one hundred and fifty years under the American system of business enterprise than during all the preceding centuries in world history. This record of achievement is a challenge to those who would radically change that system.”
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“I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously take a photo on their phone without asking. I feel it's cowardly and a bit pathetic. Just ask me if you really want me to have a photograph with you.”
Source : Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2001. 
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“Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.”
Source : Eric Temple Bell (1945). “Men of Mathematics”
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“When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.”
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“I have very good friends who are in the army and also friends within the police force. When I say friends, people who love my music and who actually love the messages within my music.”
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“Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!”
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“My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.”
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“There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special.”
