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I wouldn’t want to be faster or greener than now if you were with me O you were the best of all my days!
Frank O'HaraRead
I'm trying to look at many, many things in modern life that I believe are going faster, and I'm trying to look at why they're going faster and what effect they have on us. We all know about FedEx and instant pudding, but it doesn't mean we've looked at all the consequences of our desire for speed.
James GleickRead
One problem with globalisation is that bad ideas seem to travel faster than good ones; first there was smearing tomato ketchup on everything; then drinking sugar-soaked cocktails ('Cosmo'-politanism) instead of our traditional whisky soda, and now this idea that we should abandon the poor to their fate in order to protect their dignity.
Abhijit BanerjeeRead
What a creature he was! Never have I felt such a horse between my knees. His great haunches gathered under him with every stride, and he shot forward ever faster and faster, stretched like a greyhound, while the windbeat in my face and whistled past my ears.
Arthur Conan DoyleRead
Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.
Antonio GuterresRead
When the average child is now spending nearly eight hours a day in front of some kind of screen, many of their opinions and preferences are being shaped by the marketing campaigns you all create. And that’s where the problem comes in.. ... And I’m here today with one simple request - and that is to do even more and move even faster to market responsibly to our kids.
Michelle ObamaRead
A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.
Lawrence SummersRead
Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit of wildlife improve faster than we do, and sportsmanship is the voluntary limitation in the use of these armaments. It is aimed to augment the role of skill and shrink the role of Gadgets in the pursuit of wild things.
Aldo LeopoldRead
If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a record that's going faster and faster, we're spinning off the edge of the universe.
Martin ScorseseRead
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
Carl HonoreRead
I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.
John LasseterRead
Take Google Maps or Waze. On the one hand, they amplify human ability - you are able to reach your destination faster and more easily. But at the same time, you are shifting the authority to the algorithm and losing your ability to find your own way.
Yuval Noah HarariRead
Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.
Peter SingerRead
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
Hunter S. ThompsonRead
A great ad campaign will make a bad product fail faster. It will get more people to know it's bad.
William BernbachRead
Every new computer program is basically doing some task that a person used to do. But the computer usually does it faster, more accurately, for less money, and without any health insurance costs.
Douglas RushkoffRead
There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone.
Mitch AlbomRead
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.
Benjamin FranklinRead
It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.
Robert RedfordRead
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
Jesse JacksonRead
The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
Gustave FlaubertRead

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