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When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put the 'Great' in Great Britain, and led to Britain's temporary world domination.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Amount Arabia Big Britain Carbon Coal Domination Form Great Great Britain Industrial Industrial Revolution Led Oil Powered Put Revolution Saudi Saudi Arabia Sitting Started Temporary Underneath World World Domination

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The amount of energy saved by switching off the phone charger is exactly the same as the energy used by driving an average car for one second.

~David J. C. Mackay

Topics: Amount Average Car Driving Energy Exactly Exactly The Same Off Phone Same Saved Second Switching Used

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You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'

~David Lachapelle

Topics: About Amount Buying Estate Fill Going Gonna Happy Know Like Make Obsessive Owning People Purchase Real Real Estate Say Shopping Them Things Void Want Who Work You

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The education business is a little murky because by 1900, it has been pretty well decided that a certain amount of education was required to make the system of repression work. You had to have people who showed up punctually. You had to have people who took their orders obediently and understand them fully.

~David Levering Lewis

Topics: Amount Because Been Business Certain Decided Education Fully Had Little Make Orders People Pretty Repression Required System Them Took Understand Up Well Who Work You

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President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax increases can fix it.

~David Limbaugh

Topics: Admitted Amount Course Fix Increases Medicare Obama President President Obama Tax Unsustainable

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When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.

~David Lowery

Topics: Amount Because Content Cover Coverage Deficit Edit Everything Feeling Going Hide Just Lot Material Mean Nowhere Really Scene Shots Sincere True Up Whether Work You

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The world is constantly in a race to the top, in terms of there's a limited amount of capital and you've got to figure where it's going. And if your currency is weakening, that means you're paying a load.

~David Malpass

Topics: Amount Capital Constantly Currency Figure Going Got Limited Load Means Paying Race Terms Top Weakening Where World You Your

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Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.

~David Mccandless

Topics: Amount Been Data Down Governments Huge Huge Amount Information Laid Networks Online Over Unpaid Worked Workers Years

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Personally, I find visualisations great for helping me understand the world and for sifting the huge amounts of information that deluge me every day.

~David Mccandless

Topics: Amount Day Every Every Day Find Great Helping Huge Huge Amounts Information Me Personally Understand World

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There is not an amount of money that a writer can earn that I can't blow.

~David Milch

Topics: Amount Blow Earn Money Writer

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