Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1914–1975) Greek architect
Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 4, Definition of Entopia, p. 52
“Instead of speeding up growth, colonial activities such as mining and cash-crop farming speeded up the decay of “traditional” African life. In many parts of the continent, vital aspects of culture were adversely affected, nothing better was substituted, and only a lifeless shell was left.”
Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 366.
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Jack Steinberger (1921) Swiss physicist
Interview http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1988/steinberger-interview.html with the 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Jack Steinberger, at the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2008. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org http://nobelprize.org/.
“Run!” Piper said.
“We are running!” Jason picked up the speed.
“Run better!” Leo shouted.”
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Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright
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Ray Kurzweil (1948) Author, scientist, inventor, and futurist
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Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "The Land Ethic", p. 223-224.
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) English poet, diarist and memoirist
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 206.
“I am not the one trying to speed things up. We are being driven.”
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) former chancellor of West Germany (1982-1990) and then the united Germany (1990-1998)
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. The idea of German reunification, often discussed but considered unrealistic, once again became a subject of heated debate. Reunification now appeared inevitable, but scarcely anyone ventured to prophesy how soon it would come. German chancellor Helmut Kohl remarked those words when was accused of pushing unification plans too fast.
Awake! magazine, 12 - 22 - 1991; in its article The Dream of European Unity.
