"The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it."

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Source : "Staking Out The Globe" by David M. Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. February 21, 1988.

Eric Hobsbawm

#Surprise Quotes #Certain Quotes

“Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.”
“The Tyranni rule fifty worlds; they are outnumbered hundreds to one. In such a position, simple force is insufficient. Devious methods, intrigue, assassination are their specialties. The net they weave across space is a wide one, and close-meshed. I can well believe that it extends across five hundred light-years to Earth.”
“Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate this game.”
“The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethovenâ€™s â€œNinth Symphonyâ€, Van Goghâ€™s â€œSunflowersâ€, the sight of 10,000 butterflies in flight, or the scent of a million orchids in bloom. Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it.”
“Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing, it's not concerned with plot or story. And so music really helps - often I'll listen to the music and just write anything, just to get through.”
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.”
“I don`t think it`s crazy to think Kim Jong-un would use his weapons or certainly to use the weapons to try to get his, get his neighbors to do something they don`t want to do. I mean, he is not above blackmail.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details. So, that takes a while. I'm not interested in white hats and black hats. I don't think that's how people are in real life.”

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