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Ernest Gellner

"The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry."

Ernest Gellner, British Philosopher
American, Obscurity, Paris, Production
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"The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry."

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"I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union."

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"All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist
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"I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced."

Ruby Wax, American Comedian
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"Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros."

Nolan Ryan, American Athlete
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"The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect
American, Necessity, Order, Style
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"The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist
American, Columbus, Discovery, First
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"We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars."

Bill Bruford, British Musician
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"It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer
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"The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq."

Mohammed Aldouri, Iraqi Politician
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"In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor
American, Television

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