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“The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers.”
Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.109, Princeton University Press
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“oh my god, she said are you going to be reasonable about this?”
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“To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance.”
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“Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! ... Pusha da button!”
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“Dance with me, Death, I am ready.”
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“Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.”
Source : "The Real Problem With Waiting for 'Superman'" by Aaron Swartz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2010. 
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“Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.”
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“When I sent out a casual and nonscientific poll of my own to a wide cast of acquaintances, friends and colleagues, I was surprised, but not really, to learn that maybe 60 percent claimed a belief in a God of some sort, including people I would have bet were unregenerate skeptics. Others just shrugged. They don't think about this stuff. It doesn't matter to them. They can't know, they won't beat themselves up trying to know and for that matter they don't care if their kids believe or not.”
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“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.”
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“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
