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Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

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We've got a daunting enough task to provide a definitive account of what happened in 9/11, without fear or favor, something that will last and will survive criticism over time. And we think we can do that with integrity in a bipartisan report. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

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I'm definitely nervous and excited. I feel like I've been playing off-Broadway, not to say that Boston doesn't have a great theatre district or great theatre, but it's not going to Broadway; it's just a different city. ↗

— Todd English

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I love getting dressed up for red carpet events and having my hair and makeup done professionally - that definitely helps with nerves of going down the red carpet. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

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There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music. ↗

— Brian Eno

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Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits. ↗

— Donald Evans

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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