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I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the vacuums seemed to always be falling apart. Every time I did a demonstration, I'd say, 'This is the material the astronauts used on Apollo 13.' And no sooner had that come out of my mouth, something would malfunction.

~Adam Driver

Topics: Always Apart Apollo Astronauts Bad Come Demonstration Did Every Every Time Falling Had Indiana Living Material Mouth Out Really Salesman Say Seemed Small Small Town Something Sooner Time Town Used Vacuum Working Would

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The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

~Alexei Navalny

Topics: Demonstration Formality Preventing Questioning Speaking Stupid Us

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Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

~Aristotle

Topics: Been Clearly Consider Demonstration Fully Most Persuaded Persuasion Since Sort Thing

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Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.

~Bill Ayers

Topics: Because Chicago Claim Demonstration Everyone Felt Generation Like Millions Millions Of People Our Our Generation People Relatively Small Talked Time Were Who Woodstock

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In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks.

~Bob Schaffer

Topics: Afternoon Blocks Crowd Demonstration Early Easily Evenings Fit Independence Late Many Million Over People Several Simply Square Streets

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Blue Origin's successful capsule escape demonstration represents a material step toward a fully re-usable sub-orbital vehicle.

~Bruce Pittman

Topics: Blue Demonstration Escape Fully Material Origin Represents Step Successful Toward Vehicle

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Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration.

~Daniel H. Wilson

Topics: Ability Autistic Carnegie Children Cute Demonstration Facilitate First First Place Future Future Generations Generations Gestures Happily Interactions Learn Looking May Place Robot Robots Shown Skills Social Social Skills Teaches University Washington Yellow Ahead

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There have been huge Muslim demonstrations against cartoons depicting Muhammad and any other perceived insult against Islam. But I am unaware of a single demonstration of Muslims against Muslim terror directed at non-Muslims.

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Against Am Any Been Cartoons Demonstration Demonstrations Depicting Directed Huge Insult Islam Muhammad Muslim Muslims Other Perceived Single Terror Unaware I Am

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To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and 'Chocolate Rain' and allusions to 'Office Space' and 'XKCD.' It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction.

~Drew Houston

Topics: About Audience Casual Chain Chocolate Crowd Demo Demonstration Dozen Easter Eggs Kicked Like Looked Nod Normal Observer Off Office Product Put Rain Reaction References Space Tailored Tongue-In-Cheek Video Were

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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Atmosphere Better Companies Company Cooperation Democratic Demonstration End Fairness Further Get Growth In The End Order Principles Product Share Those Through Try Will Willing Win Withhold

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