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I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Century Decade Extremism First Going Remembered Think Time I Think

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Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.

~David Frost

Topics: Across Advantage Another Battle Century Conversation Format Given Half Having Interview Last Memorable Moments Most Often Over People Power Psychological Simple Sitting Some Struggle Surface Television Tv Two Two People Underneath Us

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In the 20th century, we had a century where at the beginning of the century, most of the world was agricultural and industry was very primitive. At the end of that century, we had men in orbit, we had been to the moon, we had people with cell phones and colour televisions and the Internet and amazing medical technology of all kinds.

~David Gerrold

Topics: Agricultural Amazing Been Beginning Cell Cell Phones Century Colour End Had Industry Internet Kinds Medical Medical Technology Men Moon Most Orbit People Phones Primitive Technology To The Moon Very Where World 20Th Century

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In order to have a decent chance to be a communicating species, you would have to learn to think and plan and act over time scales of a century or a millennium.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Act Century Chance Communicating Decent Learn Millennium Order Over Plan Scales Species Think Time Would You

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We're going to get off fossil fuels, no question. We may not do it quickly enough to avoid some pain, and I'm quite worried about that. But by the 22nd century, there's no way we'll be on fossil fuels.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: About Avoid Century Enough Fossil Fossil Fuels Fuels Get Going May No Question Off Pain Question Quickly Quite Some Way Worried

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The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

~David Hare

Topics: Century Eighteenth Poetry Prose

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Formed in 1967 and still performing regularly half a century later, Fairport Convention are Britain's equivalent of the Band. Unlike the latter they have maintained cordial relations.

~David Hepworth

Topics: Band Britain Century Convention Equivalent Formed Half Later Latter Maintained Performing Regularly Relations Still Unlike

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'You Must Remember This', the podcast about 'the secret and or forgotten history of Hollywood's first century', has a thread dedicated to Dead Blondes, which is a clue to where it's coming from.

~David Hepworth

Topics: About Blondes Century Clue Coming Dead Dedicated First Forgotten History Hollywood Must Remember Secret Thread Where Which You

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Opinions are 10 a penny. In the spin-driven, PR-controlled world of the 21st century, hard facts are rare indeed.

~David Hewson

Topics: Century Facts Hard Indeed Opinions Penny Rare World 21St Century

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Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.

~David Hewson

Topics: Around Attractive Centuries Century Cluster Down Fishing Houses Landing Lies Little Neat Old Past Running 18Th Century

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