"I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth."

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Vernor Vinge

#Change Quotes #Earth Quotes #Paper Quotes

“One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives”
“There is a great fear that plagues only romantics and children... it is that they might be alright alone.”
“Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I've been seduced by their labyrinthine logic, which suggests that reason (if not art) rules over a cacophonous arrangement of books.”

Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.9, Vintage Canada
“The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a [schooling] system that was so robust that it's still with us today, continuously producing identical people for a machine that no longer exists.”
“These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless and they can't be learned; they can only be felt.”
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
“I am so girly. I love dresses.”

Source : "'Glee' Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz Interview: 'Adele Should Be a Guest Star'". Interview with Catriona Wightman, www.digitalspy.com. September 17, 2011.
“Imagine what our planet would look like with an increase in temperature of two degrees or four degrees, given that at 0.8 degrees we already have serious problems in the world.”

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