"If you create networks that allow people in their own local systems to have power and agency and sovereignty in their own systems. The idea that people could just know what's happening with their data. You could work with the platform, in communication with it, more than "I'm just like experiencing as a blind person in a black box"."

“Hence we say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. It is a heavenly banner; it is to all those who are privileged with the sweets of liberty, like the cooling shades and refreshing waters of a great rock in a thirsty and weary land. It is like a great tree under whose branches men from every clime can be shielded from the burning rays of the sun...”

“There's always a latent or inferred image in my writing. And I can almost always assume if I do a drawing that it will eventually have text.”

Source : The Believer interview, www.believermag.com. December 2004.

“Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease .....”

“Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life.  With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.”

Source : Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.11, Vintage

“I want to hold you, Nikki. Will you let me?”

“Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.”

Source : Jeff VanderMeer (2014). “Annihilation: A Novel”, p.168, Macmillan

“I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.”

“I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.