Jonathan Zittrain Quotes

Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems.

Jonathan Zittrain

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I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you. He said if it is not the name your mother gave you, then smile, keep walking, and that's exactly what we did.

Jesse White

SmileMotherKingPeopleNameYou

I'm a working-class former apprentice electrician; at the age of 14, if you'd told me I would one day be standing on a stage with Mel Brooks, I'd have thought you were off your head. But these things can happen.

John Gordon Sinclair

AgeDayMeThoughtYouOne Day

When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at Pottery Barn, and serve iced beverages. Anytime I do welcome friends, it's always a tray of canapes or Planters peanuts, jellied candy from Paris, and a good bottle of Sancerre.

Andre Leon Talley

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In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.

John Malkovich

New YorkHatNewSuitFiftiesYork

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

Matt Kuchar

GoodAgeTennisKidAlwaysUp

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that's exactly how they've been treated.

Jeffrey Kluger

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One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.

Jean-Paul Sartre

LifeYouLateNothingLineToo Late

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

John Updike

SportsPastChildGolfIdiotBecome

I think you're going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

Amy Klobuchar

ThinkYouWantSeeDemocratsGoing

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

Strom Thurmond

KnowledgeMenGovernmentSmallRing

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

Robert Frost

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Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places.

Rodney Stark

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