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Quote by John Kinsella

“For me, poetry has no point in existing if it's not to be a prompt or aid to political and ethical change.”

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John Kinsella is a contemporary Australian poet known for his distinctive style and profound depiction of rural life. His work blends local color with universal themes, exploring the relationships between humans and nature, history, and memory. more

“The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be, if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.”

Ifs Turns Next Deals Heard Albums Finished Obligation Cards Friendly Tape Rejected Fulfilling Robots Defence Pyramids Sicilian

Author:Alan Parsons

“A useful analogy is to see traditional societies as relying on instantaneous (or minimally delayed) and constantly replenished solar income, while modern civilization is withdrawing accumulated solar capital at rates that will exhaust it in a tiny fraction of the time that was needed to create it.”

Modern Needed Civilization Rate Tiny Income Traditional Fractions Analogies Delayed Instantaneous Modern Civilization Withdrawing

Book:Energy: A Beginner's Guide

Source: Energy: A Beginner's Guide

“I've read about 80 books a year for the past 50 years. I come from cultural breeding. I don't have a cellphone. When you spend all your time checking your cellphone messages, or updating your Facebook (of course I don't have a Facebook page) then you don't have any time for reading.”

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Author:Vaclav Smil

“Everyone [in higher education] was what I call drillers of deeper wells. These academics sit at the bottom of a deep well and they look up and see a sliver of the sky. They know everything about that little sliver of sky and nothing else. I scan all my horizons.”

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Author:Vaclav Smil

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