Nick Harkaway Quotes
It's not that any sufficiently advanced technology is magic, it's that any technology taking place beyond the threshold of our senses is.
Quotes to Explore
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CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.
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India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
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I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.
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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
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'3 Idiots' was remade in various languages down south, but it wasn't successful anywhere because the magic was created by Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani.
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She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
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As technology advances, so too does terrorists' use of technology to communicate - both to inspire and recruit. The widespread use of technology propagates the persistent terrorist message to attack U.S. interests, whether in the homeland or abroad.
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My mom's a screenwriter, and before that, she was an actress, and my father was an actor; my stepfather was a director, so I was on sets a lot as a kid. I loved the magic of the set. You walk in, and it's a living room, and you walk outside, and it's just a piece of wood held up by another piece of wood.
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I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.
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Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology.
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It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.
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I'd never thought about acting as a job. I was an engineer; I was in science and technology. I loved movies and television growing up, but I'd never thought about it as, 'Oh, that guy Denzel Washington is employed as an actor.'
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I think that Silicon Valley and technology can play a huge role in redefining what community looks like and how people come together and what authentic relationships look like, but that is not only their burden.
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Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.
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Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.
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People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.
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The moment you think about an act in terms of how, you are already halfway to doing it.
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There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.
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It's not that any sufficiently advanced technology is magic, it's that any technology taking place beyond the threshold of our senses is.
