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Of all the things that the digital revolution has produced, once of the coolest, simplest ones is you can now contact people who write books that you read. You used to have to write a letter to the publisher and hope they passed it along, which they never did. ”
The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point it was just one of many styles of films called 'product' that between, say, 1930 and 1970, the movie city ground out like sausages or hula hoops at a rate of four or five a week. ”
The 'Rhapsody' has a lean, modern, American feel about it, whereas with Rachmaninoff's second and third concertos, you feel very much you're still in old imperial Russia. ”
I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher. ”
My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part. ”
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain. ”
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. ”
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. ”
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. ”
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital! ”