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Groups tend to believe their work is harder, more strategic, or just more valuable while underestimating those contributions from other groups. — Steven Sinofsky
No one can say how long the process of human extinction might take, but as it proceeds, the same global order will prevail that always… — Joel Sternfeld
It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on… — Philippe Petit
With the advancement in e-reading technology, I was curious if it were possible for readers to be able to hear the actual songs while reading… — Colleen Hoover
After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I… — Guy Gavriel Kay
The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its… — Henry Giroux
As the humanities and liberal arts are downsized, privatized, and commodified, higher education finds itself caught in the paradox of claiming to invest in the… — Henry Giroux
I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing about these things… — Henry Petroski
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. — Henry Petroski
I think a lot of things will be self-correcting, even in America. After all, human societies are essentially self-organizing emergent systems. The catch is, how… — James Howard Kunstler
I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me. — Mary Roach
Why should Americans go on with their lives as normal, worrying about calories and hair loss, while other people are worrying about where they are… — Norman Finkelstein
While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be… — Kevin Spacey
While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. — Donald A. Wollheim
Masks are wonderfully paradoxical in this way: while they may hide the physical reality, they can show us how a person wants to be seen. — Joanna Scott
Neil Gaiman has reached a masterful stage in his writing where he deserves his own adjective, which could be extended to younger writers following in… — Paul Di Filippo
Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over duty and humbuggery… — Paul Di Filippo
Well, 9/11 made me think about the towers, and the fact that I lived in New York for a long time, while they were being… — Mordicai Gerstein
Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque,… — Daniel Boulud
The open letter has always been an interesting rhetorical strategy - a way of delivering a pointed message to a specific individual or group while… — Roxane Gay

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