John Lindsay Quotes

#1. These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.

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#2. The soil of Palestine still enjoys her sabbaths, and only waits for the return of her
banished children, and the application of industry, commensurate with her agricultural
capabilities, to burst once more into universal luxuriance, and be all that she ever was
in the days of Solomon.

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#3. Technology has to be accessible otherwise it enslaves us, and I'm not really in favour of that.

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#4. 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 life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.

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#5. I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of fossil fuels, is the energy equivalent in pre-fossil fuel terms of having 500 slaves.

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#6. Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.

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#7. 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 movement would tip the whole balance.

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#8. New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.

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#9. There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

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#10. Technology tends to fuel the imagination. People with a technological bent can get excited by sometimes the most hazardous technologies, if they think they can harness them safely.

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#11. The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.

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#12. Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.

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#13. I'm definitely more interested in technologies that are more accessible, that are as accessible as possible.

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