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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldn't possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country. ↗

— Bonnie Tyler

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Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better. ↗

— Esther Dyson

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Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect. ↗

— Esther Dyson

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Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind? ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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