"Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology."

-- Evgeny Morozov

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“I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.”

Source : Jonny Wilkinson (2011). “Jonny: My Autobiography”, p.228, Hachette UK
“In golf I am one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush.”
“When you're the director, you kinda do all the work.”
“I was always very physical, growing up, and did sports. I like to get out and do different things, and walk in different shoes. I like change. I like challenge.”

Source : "Emily Bett Rickards Talks ARROW, Becoming a Series Regular, Creating Her Character’s Backstory, Felicity’s Involvement Going Forward, Fandom and Romance". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 24, 2013.
“Ancestry is most important to those who have done nothing themselves.”
“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.”

Source : Katherine Mansfield (1987). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II: 1918-September 1919”, OUP Oxford
“Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy.”
“I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.”

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