There are millions of Americans who belong by nature in movie theaters as they belong at political rallies or in fortuneteller parlors and on the shoot-the-chutes. To these millions, the movies are a sort of boon - a gaudier version of religion. Ben Hecht, writer
Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
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China will be the answer to Japan's problems. Carlos Ghosn, businessman
Carlos Ghosn is a former CEO of Nissan and Renault, who was arrested in Japan in 2018 on charges of financial misconduct.
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Cassini was an international undertaking, led by NASA and the European Space Agency and designed to be, in every dimension, a dramatic advance over Voyager. At the size of a school bus, it was bigger than Voyager and outfitted with the most sophisticated scientific instruments ever carried into the outer solar system. Carolyn Porco, scientist
Carolyn Porco is a planetary scientist and the leader of the imaging team for the Cassini mission to Saturn.
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Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology and post-war anti-Communist paranoia in the United States. Charles Duke, astronaut
Charles Duke is a retired American astronaut and a former United States Air Force officer who was the lunar module pilot for the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
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We have to ask, 'How can we break a huge challenge like sending humans to Mars into a series of doable, affordable steps? How can we break that problem down into chunks in order to keep making progress?' Ellen Stofan, scientist
Ellen Stofan is a planetary geologist and former chief scientist of NASA.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves. F. Sionil Jose, writer
F. Sionil Jose is a Filipino writer and journalist known for his novels and essays that explore the social and political issues of the Philippines.
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Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's original or new, but basically it is. George Clooney, actor
George Clooney is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter known for his roles in popular films such as Ocean's Eleven, Gravity, and The Descendants.
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The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I'm going to have to change with it. Kent Beck, businessman
Kent Beck is a software engineer and entrepreneur who is best known for creating the Agile software development methodology and for his work on Extreme Programming.
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We are open to the world; the world is at our doorstep. It washes in, not just through the windows, but we are immersed in it completely - through the Internet, through the media, through people traveling, coming here, as well as Singaporeans going abroad. Lee Hsien Loong, politician
Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime Minister of Singapore, serving since 2004.
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Singapore needs to be able to continue to add value to China in order for the relationship to be worthwhile for both sides. Lee Hsien Loong, politician
Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime Minister of Singapore, serving since 2004.
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I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. Leroy Chiao, astronaut
Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut who has flown on four space missions and spent a total of 229 days in space.
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Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast. Lucio Tan, businessman
Lucio Tan is a Filipino businessman and philanthropist who is the founder and chairman of the LT Group, a conglomerate with interests in tobacco, banking, and alcohol.
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Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978. Adam Davidson, journalist
Adam Davidson is an American journalist, radio personality, and co-founder of the podcast Planet Money.
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The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the suburbanization of America, the rise of the homeowner, the build-out of the interstate highway system, and the rise of automobile culture. Credit availability expanded dramatically. Barry Ritholtz, author
Barry Ritholtz is an American author, columnist, and financial commentator.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now. Carly Patterson, athlete
Carly Patterson is a retired American gymnast who won the all-around gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled it, like Stevie Wonder. A lot of his stuff was on keyboards, but he used brass and he used other things as well. I was the first artist, also, to use drum machines. I was really the one who kind of started that whole thing. Gary Wright, musician
Gary Wright is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for his hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive."
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. Harold Rosenberg, writer
Harold Rosenberg was an American writer, art critic, and professor who played a significant role in the development of Abstract Expressionism.
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Cyberspace as a mode of being will never go away. We live in cyberspace. James Gleick, author
James Gleick is an American author and journalist, known for his works on science and technology.
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I'm such a grandma. I don't tweet; I don't have a Facebook page. Kathryn Hahn, actress
Kathryn Hahn is an American actress known for her roles in television shows and movies such as "Transparent," "Bad Moms," and "WandaVision."
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In order to stay competitive in a global economy, Alabama must prepare our workforce to be ready for the jobs of tomorrow. Kay Ivey, politician
Kay Ivey is the current Governor of Alabama, serving since 2017.
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For the world's four Chinese-speaking regions - Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China - the longer the colonization, the more advanced a place is. Ko Wen-je, politician
Ko Wen-je is a Taiwanese politician and the current mayor of Taipei City.
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Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. Larry Elder, journalist
Larry Elder is an American conservative talk radio host, author, and attorney who has worked as a journalist for various media outlets.
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It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers. Leland Stanford, businessman
Leland Stanford was an American businessman and politician who co-founded Stanford University and served as the 8th Governor of California.
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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important. Manmohan Singh, statesman
Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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Nature stopped being natural decades ago. Jamais Cascio, writer
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It's easy to reckon that the oomph to hurl even a Smart Car-size spacecraft to another star at, say, 20 percent the speed of light (and land it when it arrives) is the energy contained in 50 billion gallons of gasoline. The tank's not big enough. Seth Shostak, scientist
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I'm British; I live here, and I've always made my films here. And we're on a journey in British filmmaking right now. We're attracting big films again. 'Star Wars' filming here will employ thousands of people. We're world-class in so many of the craft elements, and the vibrancy of our filmmaking is strong. Paul Greengrass, director
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In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them. Marie Louise, royalty
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I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions. Larry Wall, businessman
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For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy. Tariq Ali, historian
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Toronto is such a progressive city. When you've travelled to other places in the world, you realize how unprogressive they are. Sarah Gadon, actress
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Cyberpunk was really a reaction against old boy sci-fi which was about white guys in space who would come up with some kind of technological thing. Pat Cadigan, author
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If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. Jamie Zawinski, scientist
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There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job - they work to put food on the table and get insurance to survive. So, what happens when technology can do all that work for us and allow us to actually do what we enjoy with our time? Peter Diamandis, businessman
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The most important question in 21st-century economics may well be, 'What should we do with all the superfluous people, once we have highly intelligent non-conscious algorithms that can do almost everything better than humans?' Yuval Noah Harari, historian
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There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos. These guys make the millionaire schmoozers at the Aspen Ideas Festival look like short-order cooks. Timothy Noah, journalist
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Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts. Wally Funk,
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Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology. Thomas Bangalter, musician
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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. Omar Bongo, december 30
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being. Vernor Vinge, writer
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We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry. Richard Trumka, activist
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Sputnik quickly became one of the three great shocks to hit America - historians say the equal of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. David Hoffman, director
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When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics' magazine. Soldering up some radio or hi-fi amplifier on the basement workbench was not just a personal passion - a lot of young people were doing the same. The magazine expired in 1999 for lack of interest. Seth Shostak, scientist
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If we don't take an approach that looks holistically at the form a video-game platform should take in the future, then we're not able to sustain Nintendo 10 years down the road. Satoru Iwata, businessman
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If India grows steadily and does the structural things right and carefully unties knots, builds an institutional process which sort of cleans up the corruption and the baggage in the system, I see it as a wonderful marathon. Uday Kotak, businessman
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India is proud of the achievements of ISRO. Ram Nath Kovind, politician
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Upward mobility across classes peaked in the U.S. in the late 19th century. Most of the gains of the 20th century were achieved en masse; it wasn't so much a phenomenon of great numbers of people rising from one class to the next as it was standards of living rising sharply for all classes. You didn't have to be exceptional to rise. Ben Fountain, writer
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While the developed world has shifted from agriculture to manufacturing and then to services, the number of jobs has always climbed. Alain Dehaze, businessman
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The Net is allowing us to turn ourselves into a giant, collective meta-intelligence. And this meta-intelligence continues to grow as more and more people come online. Peter Diamandis, businessman
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