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Above all, at some point, everybody is involved in the business of change, not just the so-called "great men."

— James Burke Connections (1979)

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Never before have so many people understood so little about so much.

Connections (1979)

And as it spreads, will it spread the ability to use machines, as we do, without understanding them?

Connections (1979)

The trouble is, that's not easy when you have been taught as I was, for example, that things in the past happened in straight-forward lines.

Connections (1979)

Some things, this ritual says, must be permanent.

The Day the Universe Changed (1985)

A ritual wouldn't be much of a ritual if you didn't feel like you've been put through the wringer, would it?

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