{"quotes":[{"text":"But who, in these modern times, slept well?","author":"Dexter Palmer","tags":["dexter-palmer","insomnia","modern-times","sleep","version-control"],"id":26959,"author_id":"Dexter+Palmer"},{"text":"With approximately 50% of the USA population on prescription drugs and 10% on anti-depressants, it is clear that things are going seriously wrong with human health in the modern world.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["depressant","depression","depression","health","human","human-development","humanity","humanity-and-society","modern","modern-life","modern-society","modern-times","modern-world","population","prescription","prescription-drugs","prescription-medicines","usa","world"],"id":46709,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"To be healthy in modern society, you must adopt the behaviors of an astronaut!","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["adopt","astronaut","astronauts","behavior","behavioral-change","behavioral-psychology","behaviour","behavioural-psychology","healthy","healthy-habits","healthy-lifestyle","healthy-living","modern","modern-life","modern-society","modern-times","modern-world"],"id":51361,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"In modern times, beauty is more trusted than goodness.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["21st-century","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","beautiful","beauty","goodness","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","modern","modern-times","motivation","motivational","motivational","philosophy","trust","trusted","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":56365,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["20th-century","adage","advertisement","alliterations","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","blog","blogging","book-writing","catch-lines","catchphrases","characters","complicated-life","conversation","creative-writing","essay","inspirational","inventions","knowledge","life","machine","machines","manpower","meetings","missile","missiles","modern-times","money","morals","motivational","movie","movie-dialogue","new-age","novel-writing","old-is-gold","old-times","peace","peace-of-mind","philosophy","power","present-times","proverbs","public-speaking","punchline","quotes","rhetoric","science","script","script-writing","scriptwriting","simplicity-in-life","social-networking","speech","speechwriting","story","tag-lines","technology","tradition","traditional","urban","war","weapons","wisdom","world-war","writing"],"id":77553,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"I like the way Twitter makes one be more concise.It looks like someone is saying sometthing wise.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["140","140-character","communication","concise","fast-paced","internet","limits","modern-times","space","technological-evolution","technology","technology-existential-risks","technology-vs-liberal-arts","twitter","twitter-audiences","twitter-nation","twitter","twitter-size","word","word-limit","words"],"id":79862,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"Only expectation has value as currency,.","author":"Brandon Sanderson","tags":["expectations","modern-times","money","value"],"id":91432,"author_id":"Brandon+Sanderson"},{"text":"[on Rouge] This is a film about communication that disappears. We have better and better tools and less and less communication with each other. We only exchange information.","author":"Krzysztof Kieślowski","tags":["communication","films","information","modern-times","rouge","three-colors-trilogy"],"id":92515,"author_id":"Krzysztof+Kie%C5%9Blowski"},{"text":"By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["advancement","gadfly","greed","humanity","misuse-of-resources","modern-progress","modern-technology","modern-times","poor","poverty","progress","technology"],"id":169164,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a traffic signal. A man squatted to relieve himself behind the discreet shelter of a satellite dish. An electric forklift truck was being used to unload goods from an ancient wooden cart with wooden wheels. The impression was of a plodding indefatigable and distant past that had crashed intact through barriers of time into its own future. I liked it.","author":"Gregory David Roberts","tags":["history","india","modern-times"],"id":221465,"author_id":"Gregory+David+Roberts"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}