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“And technology is central in achieving gender equality. How does technology reinforce some of the biases that we observe? For example, I was reading about a big US company that had a résumé sorting algorithm that was discriminating against women.”
Tshilidzi Marwala (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’ve made AI as easy as reading a text, because that’s what our farmers do every day.”
Esther Kimani wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I started learning by reading up on the offering, watching lots of webinars and building things using the services available. After a while, I then decided to validate what I felt I knew by studying towards the certifications on offer.”
Veliswa Boya wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes days to years to put something together. It requires constantly and proactively having to enquire from those more knowledgeable, reading, studying and doing extensive field and desktop research”
Paulina Malulu (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am excited. I have already started preparing for the pageant, besides giving up some of my favourite foods, I am exercising and reading more, trying to get both my body and mind ready for the pageant”
Tsakana Nkandih wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is our responsibility as storytellers to promote a reading culture to communities, many of which are marginalised.”
Dudu Busani-Dube (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reading opens one’s mind to different things and different worlds and expands horizons”
Dudu Busani-Dube (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“my early reading was devoid of Black writers and African literature as a whole”
Sue Nyathi (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am focusing on my passing range, positioning and reading transitions quicker. I want to be the kind of defender who is calm under pressure, smart with decisions and reliable for my team”
Lushomo Mweemba (born 2001) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Despite hating mobs and technically being a nobleman, Napoleon welcomed the Revolution. At least in its early stages it accorded well with the Enlightenment ideals he had ingested from his reading of Rousseau and Voltaire.”
Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not right for the President to be reading SONA to people and leave it to MPs to discuss without listening to them. Even those who try to defend him at times will make mistakes because he understands what he was saying better than us. This will be for the good; let’s not think of the bad only.”
Honest Buti Billy first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Billy wants Khama to account to Parley Mmegi(13 December 2016)
“We, the young people, wished to see Batswana acting as a country at the end of the colonial era, not as tribes. This is what caused two colleagues and I to want to start a paper [in 1954]. It was not money, or politics. We were reading African Advisory Council minutes and seeing that the Chiefs wanted to be big fish in small ponds.”
Quett Masire (1925–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can’t write myself except through reading others’ words.”
Jennifer Bartlett (1941–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I started writing as a child, and then it got lost, and it was only when I began reading to my own children that I thought ‘I could do as well as this person’. Now one of the great rewards of writing is having characters constantly in your head, and seeing the world through their eyes and thinking about how they might respond to things that happen to them, and being aware of yourself in them.”
Helen Beaglehole (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Professionally, I am exploring how AI and data can help us make better decisions. It is amazing how quickly this technology evolves and how it can empower us all. On the personal side, I am always reading something new, and I am excited to try my hand at using a pellet smoker. I am looking forward to experimenting with different flavors—maybe even smoked cheese, as my smoker has a cold smoker box.”
Rachel Buchanan (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m reading a novel too – it’s called Concluding by Henry Green. It first came out when I was 6 years old but of course I didn’t know anything about him then. He was talked about a bit when I was at university but was never in any of the English papers I did.”
Rachel Bush (1941–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To her, and to your children: this is not your shame. Please know that. And I hope everyone reading this extends them the same grace. They did nothing wrong, and they deserve to be left out of it entirely.”
Anne Curtis (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are a soul-dier who is currently living a life of service and you are reading this—THANK YOU. We see you, we appreciate you and we honor you. God bless you.”
Maxene Magalona (born 1986) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ABS-CBN. 17 July 2025
“To all the women reading this, don't be like me. It took me three long months to finally accept that I was just ignoring the reality of the situation. The sleepless nights, crying, and anxiety attacks and sabotaging yourself,”
Maris Racal (born 1997) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Maris Racal says she 'came clean' to 'ex' before they split, ABS-CBN News 6 December 2024.
“Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.”
Walter Moers (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In one of my recent Bible devotional reading, your actions are called UNMERITED GRACE. Thank you.”
Kris Aquino (born 1971) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kris Aquino checks out of hospital after latest health scare, Bong Godinez 24 August, 2025.
“Reading and rereading these pages by Robert Nozick we can feel that “'his”' philosophy accompanies us, with luminous intelligence, sensitivity and friendship, in “'our”' examined life.”
Salvatore Veca (1943–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prisons are places conducive to reading philosophical texts. Silvio Spaventa, Croce's uncle, spent his years of life imprisonment well, meditating on the works of Hegel. (p. 61)”
Leo Valiani (1909–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It seems to me as natural and necessary to keep notes, however brief, of one's reading, as logs of voyages or photographs of one's travels. For memory, in most of us, is a liar with galloping consumption.”
F. L. Lucas (1894–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inteviewer: You are always ironic... Vanoni: Humour alleviates fear. We need to play, because we are living in tragic times. I feel exhausted and saddened after reading the newspapers and listening to the news. It seems that human beings cannot help but wage war. This is the zeitgeist: the spirit of the times is war. Then we also have Donald Trump, so we're in a bad way...”
Ornella Vanoni (1934–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never underestimate the attention, risk, money, and time that an opponent will put into reading traffic.”
Robert Morris (cryptographer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When it comes to acting, I am still very reluctant. And I am very choosy about the kind of characters I play. Prasad has a very challenging role for me and the film's script is also very good; so I was interested as soon as I finished reading the script.”
Nischal Basnet (born 1980) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prasad brings Nischal Basnet on board". The Kathmandu Post. 7 June 2018.
“A novelist has two lives — a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all apart from this.”
Jane Smiley (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today I am again reading Kita's Shina Kakumei Gaishi [An Informal History of the Chinese Revolution].”
Inejirō Asanuma (1898–1960) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: c. mid-September 1939 (Copenhagen), Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Travel Diary to the U.S. and Europe — 30 June to 2 October 1939 — Transcription and Commentary, trans. from Japanese. In Dōshisha Hōgaku (Doshisha…
“Reading Kita Ikki's Shina Kakumei Gaishi while discussing it with Kita Reikichi.”
Inejirō Asanuma (1898–1960) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: mid-September 1939, Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Travel Diary to the U.S. and Europe — 30 June to 2 October 1939 — Transcription and Commentary, trans. from Japanese. In Dōshisha Hōgaku (Doshisha Law Review), Vo…
“Finished reading Ōkawa Shūmei's Nihon Nisenroppyakunen Shi [History of Japan's 2,600 Years]. I gained much from it. Especially where he passionately advocates the need for renewal while burning with patriotic fervor—it feels as though it is permeating my own body.”
Inejirō Asanuma (1898–1960) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 27 September 1939, Inter-Parliamentary Union Delegation Travel Diary to the U.S. and Europe — 30 June to 2 October 1939 — Transcription and Commentary, trans. from Japanese. In Dōshisha Hōgaku (Doshisha Law Review), Vol…
“At this benighted time in history, when the kudzu of stupidity and mendacity is choking out every last beam of light, reading these works reminds us to keep our wits sharp, sparkling, and more than a bit lethal. It's a dumb, dark world out there.”
Alex Jovanovich (born 1975) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Artforum Dossier: Wit", Artforum, February 19, 2026.
“I used to be a very religious Christian until when I was about leaving the university and I discovered that even the Bible that I am reading, I need to pay attention to when it is God that’s speaking and when it’s man that’s speaking in the name of God.”
“I’m so thankful for growth and today I’ll give myself a pat at the back fully aware that I’ve always aimed for the best regardless of any situation that life has thrown at me . To anyone reading this , pace yourself , don’t measure your success based off other people , everyone’s journey is different ??, stay true to yourself and be patient.”
Kaylah Oniwo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]he METI school after 6 months of construction... load-bearing earth walls that really ground the school and large bamboo structures that bring the lightness in. ...The classroom on the ground floor, attached are the caves ...for reading, for snuggling, for solo work, for meditation, for playing, and the classroom on the top.”
Anna Heringer (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In those early days of ‘cut and paste’, newspaper production was rigorous, and it was frustrating when the work you submitted came out with flaws when published. I used to get all worked up when my articles were messed up because I felt that the reading public would question my ability to write good English.”
Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My perspective as a self-published author was: work hard, get better, do it for the love of writing. It’s much the same being a traditionally published author, but now I also do it for everyone’s love of reading, and that’s significantly more pressure. My audience is my boss.”
Tarryn Fisher (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reading unlocks the imagination, but it also unlocks the soul of a person. It has the potential to unlock the soul of a nation like Liberia struggling so desperately to find and define itself.”
Robtel Neajai Pailey wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some things in a nation's life should never be joked about. They are not just bricks, mortar, and steel; they are lifelines, arteries through which the country's economic and social existence flows. Unlimited access to all premium content Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience Mobile-optimized reading experience Weekly Newsletters MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted.”
Gitobu Imanyara (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an instrument of judicial restraint which reduces the danger of producing an overbroad judicial reaction to overbroad legislation.”
Albie Sachs (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, we’ve been able to reach a lot of our colleagues and the conversation has been positive and we’re doing this ahead of the second reading, which is critical to the survival of these proposals. And we believe that our colleagues also agree that there’s a need for us to find a way to get stability in the system. We’re hoping and praying that our colleagues will help us see this through.”
Ikenga Ugochinyere (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My social life has been relegated to the background for now. I only have few intimate friends but I try as much as I can to unwind without going against the customs and regulations of my community. Outside community work, I engage in farming, I enjoy hiking, traveling and reading.”
Tinuade Babalola wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, play is a very important element of writing. It is essential to enjoy the act of reading a text. Playing with words creates a distance with subjectivity. The gravity of the subject matter is reinforced by the apparent lightness of the form.”
Habib Tengour (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Therefore let nobody put me in a box in terms of my reading tastes”
Shadreck Chikoti (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Like every dreamer, I started chasing mine. I started reading on film literature and I was exposed to both local and international films training. The knowledge gained made me eager to want to learn and practice more of new learned skills.”
Jessie Chisi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I identify first and foremost as a writer and I love writing, and reading”
Edwige-Renée Dro wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“translating goes beyond just reading something”
Edwige-Renée Dro wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that the strength of a creator lies in this ability to see the world differently, to transform it, to give it a new reading”
Soly Cisse (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humor is what drives us, what allows us to take a step back and provide another reading of the world”
Soly Cisse (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted to be somewhere I could work my way into the first team and luckily that’s happened for me here [at Reading].”
Michael Olise (born 2001) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his career so far, January 2021