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"I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world."

"I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world."

Christian Slater, American Actor

Progress, Detail, Games, Living

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"At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming."

"At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

Progress, Religious, Sincerity

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"If anything's progressive, then we make progress."

"If anything's progressive, then we make progress."

Michael Giles, English Musician

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"In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living."

"In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living."

Luther Burbank, American Environmentalist

Progress, Children, Evolution, Living

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"The irony of our social group is that so often everyone feels this, but there's no company whatsoever in that feeling. Think of Pound's great emphasis, the way out is via the door."

"The irony of our social group is that so often everyone feels this, but there's no company whatsoever in that feeling. Think of Pound's great emphasis, the way out is via the door."

Robert Creeley, American Poet

Progress, Company, Feeling, Irony

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"Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well."

"Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Progress, Abundance

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"Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs."

"Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs."

Frank B. Kellogg, American Politician

Progress, Opinion, Public, Publicopinion

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"Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas."

"Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Progress, Ideas

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"I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter."

"I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter."

Patricia Highsmith, American Novelist

Progress, Trouble

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"I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress."

"I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress."

John Templeton, American Businessman

Progress, Enthusiasm, Radical

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"Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress."

"Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress."

John Clapham, English Economist

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"As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making."

"As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Progress, End, Iraq

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"There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!"

"There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!"

Edgar Cayce, American Celebrity

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"We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way."

"We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way."

Buzz Aldrin, American Astronaut

Progress, Eyes, Trying, World

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"The Palestinians need more help from the Arab countries. Since 1967, the world has learned that there is not going to be real progress in the region until Palestine gets something back that they had."

"The Palestinians need more help from the Arab countries. Since 1967, the world has learned that there is not going to be real progress in the region until Palestine gets something back that they had."

Bruce Dern, American Actor

Progress, Countries, Help, Palestine

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"Movement isn't progress."

"Movement isn't progress."

Thomas Leonard, American Businessman

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"He who moves not forward, goes backward."

"He who moves not forward, goes backward."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Progress, Movement, Change, Life

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"We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good."

"We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Progress, Truth, Question, Answers

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"The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions."

"The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions."

Herbert Croly, American Author

Progress, Americans, Land, Prosperity

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"In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons."

"In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons."

Ruth First, South African Activist

Progress, Southafrican

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"Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak."

"Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

Progress, Statesmanship

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"All progress is experimental."

"All progress is experimental."

John Jay Chapman, American Poet

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"The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you."

"The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you."

Bruce Catton, American Historian

Progress, Day, Living, May, Present

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"The responsibility to shape the destiny of a nation rests on the shoulders of its citizens; each one contributing to the collective progress."

"The responsibility to shape the destiny of a nation rests on the shoulders of its citizens; each one contributing to the collective progress."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Progress, Nation-building, Responsibility, Collective Effort

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"Until all processes are progressed, the world will not process meaningful, measurable progress.Progress the process, in order to process, progress. This shall be the responsibility of those who are for the light of universal innovation, as opposed to the benefactors of sectarian division."

"Until all processes are progressed, the world will not process meaningful, measurable progress.Progress the process, in order to process, progress. This shall be the responsibility of those who are for the light of universal innovation, as opposed to the benefactors of sectarian division."

Justin K. McFarlane Beau, Canadian Poet

Progress, Innovation, Change, Action

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"The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress."

"The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress."

Joseph McCabe, English Writer

Progress, Play, Training

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"A nation's progress is a testament to its unity, and the discipline of its people shapes the path to prosperity."

"A nation's progress is a testament to its unity, and the discipline of its people shapes the path to prosperity."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Progress, Nation-building, Unity, Discipline

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"Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results."

"Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results."

Ryan Lilly, American Entrepreneur

Progress, Change, Truth, Wisdom, Persistence

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"I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get better and better at it."

"I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get better and better at it."

David Talbot, American Journalist

Progress, Months, Right

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"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos."

"Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos."

Joyce Grenfell, English Actress

Progress, Chaos, Today

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"To ENSURE greater success, celebrate your progess daily."

"To ENSURE greater success, celebrate your progess daily."

Tony Dovale, South African Author

Progress, Success, Celebration, Achievement

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"President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress."

"President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress."

Valerie Jarrett, American Lawyer

Progress, Diversity, President

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"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books."

"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Progress, Books, Content, Now

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"In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected."

"In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected."

Bruno Rossi, Italian Scientist

Progress, World

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"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."

"Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress."

Nicholas M. Butler, American Philosopher

Progress, Achievement, Courage, Optimism

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"Neither an ox nor a donkey is able to stop the progress of socialism."

"Neither an ox nor a donkey is able to stop the progress of socialism."

Erich Honecker, German Politician

Progress, Socialism

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"Nothing happens until something moves."

"Nothing happens until something moves."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Progress, Movement, Change, Initiative, Action

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"We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination."

"We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination."

Olympia Snowe, American Politician

Progress, Discrimination, Disease, Genetics

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"Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men."

"Is it not time to cry that the blind shall see, the deaf hear, the lame walk? But that which fanaticism formerly promised to its elect, science now accomplishes for all men."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Progress, Science, Hope, Faith

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"Thus far we run before the wind."

"Thus far we run before the wind."

Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer

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"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."

"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Progress, Now, Taxes

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"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

"Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress."

George Eliot, British Author

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"But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way."

"But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way."

Frances Perkins, American Politician

Progress, Depression, Measure

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"Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man."

"Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Progress, Change, Direction, Life

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"One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility."

"One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility."

Peter Kreeft, American Philosopher

Progress, Patience, Humility, Action, Growth

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"I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy."

"I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Progress, Thoughts, Addiction, Language

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"After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land."

"After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land."

Barack Obama, American President

Progress, Health, Care, Debate, Land

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"Adapting to changes represents an important characteristic of human nature, essential for the development of human society."

"Adapting to changes represents an important characteristic of human nature, essential for the development of human society."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Progress, Change, Adaptation, Humanity, Future

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"In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards."

"In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards."

George Orwell, British Author

Progress, World, Change, Stagnation

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"It took us years to get into the mess that we got ourselves in at the end of 2008, and it's going to take a while to get us out. We lost eight million jobs, we saw a financial system near collapse, we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with."

"It took us years to get into the mess that we got ourselves in at the end of 2008, and it's going to take a while to get us out. We lost eight million jobs, we saw a financial system near collapse, we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with."

Robert Gibbs, American Public Servant

Progress, Financial, Crisis, End

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