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> [You've got to be happy if they get your facts right. Since January I don't think I've recognized a damned thing that I've filed. I just pour everything out of the boot. Otherwise you get a phone call at three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/you-ve-got-to-be-happy-if-they-get-your-facts-right-since-january-i/)

[John Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lindsay/)

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## More by John Lindsay

> [Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/technology-tends-to-fuel-the-imagination-people-with-a-technological/)

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> [There's something about the awareness of the limits that makes you tune in more to your surroundings and I've experienced a lot of pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/there-s-something-about-the-awareness-of-the-limits-that-makes-you/)

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> [I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/i-try-to-build-the-things-so-that-they-re-fairly-indestructible-i-ve/)

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> [These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/these-girls-play-tennis-first-and-foremost-the-fact-that-many-of-them/)

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> [Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/those-who-suppress-freedom-always-do-so-in-the-name-of-law-and-order/)

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> [Obviously technologies that are sustainable are a logical first step to creating a just society, one that doesn't trample life in all its forms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/obviously-technologies-that-are-sustainable-are-a-logical-first-step/)

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> [I'm definitely more interested in technologies that are more accessible, that are as accessible as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/i-m-definitely-more-interested-in-technologies-that-are-more/)

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> [The soil of Palestine still enjoys her sabbaths, and only waits for the return of her banished children, and the application of industry, commensurate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/the-soil-of-palestine-still-enjoys-her-sabbaths-and-only-waits-for/)

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> [New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time…It could barely maintain its position, but an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/new-york-was-something-like-a-circus-performer-walking-a-tightrope-an/)

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> [We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men-now in power in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/we-see-political-leaders-replacing-moral-imperatives-with-a-southern/)

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> [There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/there-are-men-now-in-power-in-this-country-who-do-not-respect-dissent/)

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> [Technology has to be accessible otherwise it enslaves us, and I'm not really in favour of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/technology-has-to-be-accessible-otherwise-it-enslaves-us-and-i-m-not/)

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> [You've got to be happy if they get your facts right. Since January I don't think I've recognized a damned thing that I've filed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/you-ve-got-to-be-happy-if-they-get-your-facts-right-since-january-i/)

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> [New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/new-york-has-total-depth-in-every-area-washington-has-only-politics/)

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> [Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lindsay/not-only-is-new-york-city-the-nation-s-melting-pot-it-is-also-the/)

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