"For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe."

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Source : "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

Charles M. Vest

#Real Quotes #Technology Quotes #Impact Quotes

“To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image.”
“...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at their core, represent selfless sacrifice for the greater good, and who justify their contempt by saying, oh, it's so unrealistic, no one would ever be so noble... grow up. Seriously. Cynicism is not maturity, do not mistake the one for the other. If you truly cannot accept a story where someone does the right thing because it's the right thing to do, that says far more about who you are than these characters.”
“I could do without sex. Don't really like it that much. If I could just feel complete.”
“When we are in our studios, in our private space... we need to block out the outside world; we need to disbelieve anything that would doubt us, because - everyone will doubt us if we allow them that space.”
“All I want to do is drink beer and train like an animal.”
“I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.”
“The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.”
“The only true source of inspiration is to be an inspiration.”

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