"You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of the bookstore - is that no algorithm will ever understand readers the way that other readers can understand readers."

-- John Green

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“Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple...Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with.... My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king.”
“If there were any people safe to criticize, they'd be politicians and child molesters, doncha think?”
“As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.”
“I steeled myself against laughter; I would rather die than laugh. I didnâ€™t laugh, I did not laugh. But I died, I did die.”
“This is our festival and on this day we are all Indians. We celebrate the festival by maintaining the spirit of brotherhood.”
“I wanted you to watch, so I stomped around the room to wake you before I got in the shower. Didn't you wonder why the light was on? It wasn't for me, I can see in the dark. And then I kept the water cold so the glass wouldn't fog.”
“We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want a guarantee that whatever we choose will be exactly as we envisioned it.”
“I haven't lost my head yet.”

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