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What happens when an industry transitions from using one or more 'smart' and centralized networks to using a common, decentralized, open, and dumb network? A tsunami of innovation that was pent up for decades is suddenly released.

~Andreas Antonopoulos

Topics: Common Decades Decentralized Dumb Happens Industry Innovation More Network Networks Open Released Smart Suddenly Transitions Up Using Tsunami

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Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Agencies Because Better Deliberately Dumb Essential He Hear Him Intelligence Intelligence Agencies Lied Much People President Taken Than Those Thought Wanted War Who Would

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While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

~Andrew Motion

Topics: Alongside Also Because Choice Culture Days Difficult Down Dumb Else Everyone Everything Everything Else Importantly Live Over Poetry Pretend Rap Room Should Wanting While

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I see the merit in religion, and I see the need for faith and hope and sometimes people who are more snide look at people who are religious, particularly people in rock bands, and they'll say, 'Oh that's dumb, you believe in whatever,' but I think everybody believes in something.

~Andy Biersack

Topics: Bands Believe Believes Dumb Everybody Faith Hope Look Merit More Need Oh Particularly People Religion Religious Rock Rock Bands Say See Something Sometimes Think Whatever Who You I Think I See

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The history of innovation is the story of ideas that seemed dumb at the time.

~Andy Dunn

Topics: Dumb History Ideas Innovation Seemed Story The History Of Time

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The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb.

~Andy Hobsbawm

Topics: Around Astonishing Consumer Digital Dumb Essentially Everyday Imagine Impossible Innovation Life Networks Objects Pace Products Social Social Networks Still Us Web Without

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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Because Boy Dumb Dumb People Frustrated Just Just One Lot People Pretend Say Smart Smart People Think Very Want I Think

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I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.

~Angie Harmon

Topics: Democrat Dumb Everything Here Hey Honest Liberal Live Make Me Might Republicans Right Some Things Think Thinks Understand

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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

~Anita Baker

Topics: Anything Birthday Could Doing Dumb Eating Floor Food If I Could Junk Junk Food Laying Something Suit Tv Watching

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When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.

~Anjelah Johnson

Topics: Distracted Down Dumb Feel Get Know Laugh Like Looked Myself People Really Safe Stage Way Who Would

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