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These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very sameÂ mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge.Â The algorithmic assessment of information, then, represents a… — Tarleton Gillespie
These were specific enablements given to certain believers for the purpose of authenticating or confirming God's Word when it was proclaimed in the early church… — John F. MacArthur
The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming. — Shyam Selvadurai
Iâ€™m a really big believer that we all have this voice inside of us, and that voice is God talking to us, and we are… — Kelly Cutrone
I do get a lot of requests for specific things. — Michael Winslow
Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, which tended to transform the energy itself.… — Marina Abramovic
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. — John F. Kerry
The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them. — John Seely Brown
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. — Barbara Tuchman
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. — Barack Obama
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's… — Taisen Deshimaru
The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low. — Aristotle
I've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It ruins a romantic… — Laura Marling
Each period of a civilisation creates an art that is specific in it and which we will never see reborn. To try and revive the… — Wassily Kandinsky
Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is precisely… — Vaclav Havel
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
No other art-mediumâ€“neither painting nor poetryâ€“can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights go down in… — Ingmar Bergman
A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. — Al Hirt
Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes, so that it's really left… — Ric Ocasek
If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being… — Brian Ferneyhough

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