Philip Elmer-DeWitt quotes
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“Some people make headlines while others make history.”
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“The Internet, of course, is more than a place to find pictures of people having sex with dogs.”
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“Nobody brings numbers to life like Horace Dediu does.”
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“In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it.”
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”
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“History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.”
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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“You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.”
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