"Progress, the religion of those who have none."

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Lord Acton

#Progress Quotes

“Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment.”

Source : Hannu Rajaniemi (2012). “The Fractal Prince”, p.17, Hachette UK
“What Iâ€™m trying to show is that the main event today is not seen by those of us that are living itâ€¦ So itâ€™s not the effect of [technology], it is that everything exists with-in [its milieu]. It's not that we use technology, we live technology. Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.”
“What I like best is the competition itself.”
“I havenÂ´t written on piano since It Bites. You can tell my songs that IÂ´ve written on piano with It Bites cause they all go like "wrooash", like Old Man And The Angel and Calling All The Heroes and songs like that. It all tends to happen very quickly, I get two thirds of the song within five minutes and then spend rest of the time trying to ruin it in my head, and then I go back to where I was from the beginning.”
“Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew's account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and evocative. Her afterword on Nixon's post-Watergate life is equally compelling.”
“No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.”

Source : Song: For A Dancer, Album: Late for the Sky, 1974
“In our search to obtain relief from the stresses of life, may we earnestly seek ways to simplify our lives. May we comply with the inspired counsel and direction the Lord has given us in the great plan of happiness. May we be worthy to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost and follow the guidance of the Spirit as we navigate this mortal journey. May we prepare ourselves to accomplish the ultimate purpose of this mortal test-to return and live with our Heavenly Father.”
“I irritate the wife because of my private dancing.”

Source : "Brian McDermott, the marine who became a world-beater with Leeds". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2013.

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