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Ever since about 1998, when humankind began fast-forwarding through the gradually-unfolding history of progress, like someone impatiently zipping through a YouTube clip in search of the best bits, we've grown accustomed to machines veering from essential to obsolete in the blink of a trimester.

~Charlie Brooker

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So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age.

~Chris Bell

Topics: Accustomed Age Bells Day Day And Age Few Information Many More People Really So Many People Written You

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I guess I've become very accustomed to playing in the 7/4, which is something we've done quite a lot.

~Chris Squire

Topics: Accustomed Become Done Guess Lot Playing Quite Quite A Lot Something Very Which

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I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.

~Claire Denis

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All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Accustomed All My Life American Among Been Countries Country Deserve Did Equal Freedom Given Honor Larger Life Long Measurements Most My Life Richest Thinking Wealth Weight Were World

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The PGA Championship, last of the majors each year, might well be accustomed to having fun poked at it by the print press for being mired in August, but this isn't fair.

~Dan Jenkins

Topics: Accustomed August Being Championship Each Each Year Fair Fun Having Having Fun Last Majors Might Press Print Well Year

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So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.

~Daniel Pipes

Topics: Accustomed Become Cartoon Cows Daily Display Editors Fact Hamburger Muhammad Plea Producers Sacred Turn Until Western

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Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Abroad Accustomed Argue As Much Money Become Build Coal Economy Energy Gas Get Ground Here Live Lives Make Meeting Money More Much Needs Oil Out Possible Priorities Quickly Selling Short-Term Should Some Which

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I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

~Deborah Sampson

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One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

~Dorothy Allison

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