"Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock."

-- Alvin Toffler

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“I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.”

Source : Times Now Interview with Arnab Goswami, www.hindustantimes.com. January 28, 2014.
“In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.”
“The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one”
“I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.”
“You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you're discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.”
“In any business that grows big on one business model, transitions can throw everything in the air.”

Source : "With latest accolade, the future is Bing Gordon’s game (exclusive interview)". Interview with Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com. January 14, 2011.
“In the valley of suffering, despair and bitterness are brewed. But there also character is made. The valley of suffering is the vale of soul-making.”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987). “Lament for a Son”, p.97, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction.”

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