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But the simple fact is that anyone with sufficient imagination to assess the future realistically would, inevitably, be attracted to this form of literature. I do not for a moment suggest that more than 1 per cent of science-fiction readers would be reliable prophets; but I do suggest that almost a hundred per cent of reliable prophets will be scie
... See more“Nothing is more distressing than a thought that escapes itself, than ideas that fly off, that disappear hardly formed, already eroded by forgetfulness or precipitated into others that we no longer master.”
Cortney Cassidy • A soft manifesto
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Ryan further suggested container relief from the National Guard, the creation of a new temporary yard connected to the port by rail, and an incredibly ambitious but not at all impossible logistical exercise in moving empties. The image was sensational: a full-time CEO of a multi-billion-dollar freight forwarding company chartering a boat, investiga... See more
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China assembled the basic components of a market economy earlier, and on a much larger scale, than any other part of Eurasia.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Mothers have martyred themselves in their children’s names since the beginning of time. We have lived as if she who disappears the most, loves the most. We have been conditioned to prove our love by slowly ceasing to exist... What a terrible burden for children to bear—to know that they are the reason their mother stopped living. What a terrible bu... See more
glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” — William Ralph Inge
