"Take back the web because it is a situation that really isn't working for anyone."

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Tim Wu

#Situation Quotes

“I'm a morning "spinner." That's usually when my brain is thinking too much and I don't necessarily see things positively. So I sit myself down and remember that I'm making it up.”

Source : "Dash Mihok Interview: Maranda Pleasant". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past.”
“I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants...The Washington press corps has the privilege of asking the president of the United States what he is doing and why.”
“But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood.”
“I think I know who my audience is. It's pretty satisfying, and I think we all need to take care of ourselves and laugh as well as do everything we can to fight back right now while being mindful of laughing and enjoying ourselves where and when we can.”
“I bought a house in LA, hanging out there and spending a lot of time in Toronto, but not much.”

Source : "Scott Speedman for 'xXx: State of the Union'". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 26, 2005.
“Be nice to each other. Not a lot, but seems like the most obvious thing.”

Source : "Actor Lenny Jacobson: On getting in the zone, vulnerability, and preferring chaos". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, Instagram, all these companies are businesses first, but, as a close second, theyâ€™re demographers of unprecedented reach, thoroughness, and importance. Practically as an accident, digital data can now show us how we fight, how we love, how we age, who we are, and how weâ€™re changing. All we have to do is look:”

Source : Christian Rudder (2014). “Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves”, p.16, Crown

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