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Rather than being a cause of the late twentieth-century crisis, the Internet appears to have been a consequence of the breakdown of hierarchical power.

resisting the temptation to build complexity when (as in the case of financial regulation) simplicity is a better option.

Just as Hitler had predicted, it was rival empires more than indigenous nationalists who propelled the process of decolonization forward.

He was not a scholar, and he did not have the temperament of one who finds knowledge an end in itself.

All the literary techniques of the humanist are brought to bear, but one of the chief casualties is intended to be humanism itself.

A question of proof. That's a good title for a detective story, if you ever write one.

What problems? Well for starters.. you're an evil duck killer.

Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do.

Henry nodded, thinking, 'If you were any more whipped, little brother, they'd serve you on ice cream.

That's the first time you said my name...and I like it

The rain blew in soft sheets, making the oncoming headlights shimmer.

It was a terrible thing for a girl to learn. That status is more important than feelings

The Garden of Gethsemane is halfway up the Mount of Olives, where Christ grappled with his courage during those last dark hours of life. Today it is a Franciscan monastery.

When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life.

I don't know how good mountain lions do in captivity. I'm curious.

I was 46 when 'Cold Mountain' came out. I was settled. We had a nice house in Raleigh and a horse farm.

We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world.

To re-live these characters would be wonderful, because I know when the show ends it will be huge mourning process.

When we transitioned from the PC to the console with 'Fable,' it took us five years to do that. And that's just going from a mouse to a controller.

Fish don't have hands; to investigate, they open their mouth, and sometimes it's someone's foot.

I'm just an innocent guy with a dirty mouth, I guess.

I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.

The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.

Not many fighters respect Chael Sonnen because he's in the wrong sport. He should be in pro-wrestling with a mouth like that.