#sea

You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#anything #best-seller #certain #copies #damn

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#close #democracy #effect #effectively #elections

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#between #choice #clear #contest #could

I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alzheimer #any #atrophy #best #could

Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician. ↗

— Matthew Prior

#died #disease #i #last #last night

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day. ↗

— Emily Procter

#bad #bad day #cards #day #give

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#beautiful #brave #brief #butterflies #clever

Without money honor is merely a disease. ↗

— Jean Racine

#honor #merely #money #without

At a minimum the majority of search dollars will flow to a social media model because people care most about what their peers think and the technology is there for that information to be quickly shared on products and services. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#because #care #dollars #flow #information

Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#come #consumers #increasingly #media #products