#here

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#around #because #britain #change #course

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#certain #consumer #industry #innovation #internet

The U.S. has more broadband subscribers than any country other than China. Americans rank at the top in their use of the web, and numerous studies validate that the U.S. is a global innovation powerhouse. The leading Internet and e-commerce companies are located here. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#broadband #china #companies #country #e-commerce

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. ↗

— Richard Powers

#contemporary #contemporary life #describe #facts #find

My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible. ↗

— Richard Powers

#becomes #been #goal #invisible #mediation

Novel-writing is the only place where someone who would have liked to do anything can still do that vicariously. ↗

— Richard Powers

#liked #only #place #someone #still

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#amsterdam #avoiding #being #bell #concept

For me, it's important to anticipate where fashion is heading. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#fashion #heading #important #me #where

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#believe #bothered #cares #critics #everybody

Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral values, explained human behavior. Therefore, to cite a common example, poverty, not one's moral value system, or lack of it, caused crime. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#between #caused #cite #classes #common