"Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself."

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Source : James Gleick (2011). “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

James Gleick

#Running Quotes #Long Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.”
“The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the word love a thousand times and it would mean a thousand different things to different readers.”
“Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.”
“I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.”
“The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.”
“To the makying of bookes of gardenyng there is noe ende.”
“Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.”

Source : Herman Wouk (1988). “War and Remembrance”, Pocket
“That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one”

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