Antoine Prost livre Douze leçons sur l'histoire
Douze leçons sur l'histoire, 1996, Chapitre 4 : Les questions de l'historien
If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generations of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I believe it is the atomic hypothesis (or the atomic fact, or whatever you wish to call it) that all things are made of atoms little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another. In that one sentence, you will see, there is an enormous amount of information about the world, if just a little imagination and thinking are applied.
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Antoine Prost livre Douze leçons sur l'histoire
Douze leçons sur l'histoire, 1996, Chapitre 4 : Les questions de l'historien
Quentin Crisp livre The Naked Civil Servant
I never understood music. It seemed to me to be the maximum amount of noise conveying the minimum amount of information.
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The Naked Civil Servant (Fonctionnaire du nu)
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) personnalité politique américaine
“Soyez bref, la pensée orale a sa syntaxe : des phrases courtes de 15 mots maximum.”
Thierry Destrez (1942–2009) acteur français
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William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)
The use of Atom bomb when it was not by any stretch of expediency necessary, getting near to the unforgivable sin, since there might not be anyone there to forgive it.
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Ultimes Paroles (1997), 7 février, 1997
Quentin Crisp livre The Naked Civil Servant
As someone remarked, when told the new atomic bombs would explode without a bang, "they can’t leave anything alone."
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The Naked Civil Servant (Fonctionnaire du nu)
Edward Snowden (1983) lanceur d'alerte américain
My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
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