"Nowadays, it is possible to perform various forms of Low-Impact listening via the telephone. The advent of technological advances such as computer games and online services (like ones that let you check stocks) have enabled Low-Impact listeners to endure family phone calls much longer than in the past. Dangers include mouse clicks, heavy typing, or a sudden loud buzzer that goes off when you have finished Boggle."

-- Sandra Tsing Loh

#Past Quotes #Phones Quotes #Games Quotes

“Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.128, Ballantine Books
“I don't like anything new.”
“Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you?”
“There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing.”
“There's a lot of stuff that I've been through in my life in the past couple of months that I don't really want to share with people who are close to me, but I have no option if it's my art.”
“I've been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about.”
“We would want the solution to the safety problem before somebody figures out the solution to the AI problem.”
“A new power is emerging on the world stage born of love not fear”

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