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“If they found a way to make shooting in 240p expensive, it would be trendy.”

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Mike D, born on November 20, 1965, is an outstanding drummer. His musical career began in the late 1970s, and he quickly gained recognition in the music industry with his unique drumming skills and rhythm sense. more

“American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need them most urgently and which, if they are neglected, will breed the greatest threats to its security. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial.”

People Ifs Needs Culture Names Speak Security Threat Dare Denial Empires Regions Neglected American Empire

Book:Empire: the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power

Source: Empire: the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power

“It's all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don't rule it out.”

People Ifs Wells Country States Political Economic Effects Standards Increase Raises West Income Sovereignty Immoral Standards Of Living Expectancy Political Freedom Life Expectancy

Author:Niall Ferguson

“No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.”

May Matter Civilization Indestructible

Book:Civilization: The West and the Rest

Source: Civilization: The West and the Rest

“The West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos.”

May Inspiration Motivation Civilization West Complexes Chaos Edges Collapse

Author:Niall Ferguson

“It’s our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance. The average American used to be more than 20 times richer than the average Chinese. Now it’s just five times, and soon it will be 2.5 times.”

Ends Used Five Generations Western Average Used To Be Chinese Our Generation

Author:Niall Ferguson

“A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible.”

Remember Historian

Author:Niall Ferguson

“As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet.”

Teacher Strategy Professors Questioning Authoritarian Government

Author:Niall Ferguson

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

Real Problem Humanity Emotion Technology Dangerous Crisis Institutions Following Medieval Real Problems

Author:E. O. Wilson

“Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.”

Earth Form Study Benefits Species Peril Variation Totality Degrade Biodiversity

Author:E. O. Wilson

“Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives, interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend in ways we have not begun even to imagine.”

Way Years Inspiration Form Motivation Millions Environment Imagine Depends Evolution Species Masterpiece Adapted Ecosystems

Author:E. O. Wilson

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