“If you call an Italian girl a hooker you’re in a lot of
trouble. Somebody will kill you. You call a Jewish girl a hooker…”No kidding,
I look like a hooker?” It’s a
compliment. You have to be beautiful to
make a living from that field. A short
fat yenta with a mustache; what are you going to give her, eighty cents?" -Jackie Mason
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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