“I was surprised by some of my French colleagues who immediately assume...” — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quote

I was surprised by some of my French colleagues who immediately assumed that because I spoke English with an American accent, that, therefore, you must be a supporter of whoever is the current president of the United States. There seems to be this widespread feeling that, 'Oh, American accent - therefore, you like cowboy boots.'

Democracy is messy, clearly, but it has one key factor, which is an orderly transfer of power.

The rights that people have offline must also be protected online.

I was the child of refugees.

Big data knows and can deduce more about you than Big Brother ever could.

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.

Americans always ask how much I love my accent, and I don't get that - I think I sound like a school teacher.

I trained as a classical actor in London for three years. We did Tennessee Williams and dialect and accent classes; they were one of my favorite things to do each week. And we'd strip it down to the phonetics and listen to the sound. It was a really interesting way to look at it all.

I have had people come up to me in the street - one woman actually told me she hated my accent, she can't believe I'm on the telly and my accent is so annoying. I ended up laughing because I thought, 'this person doesn't know me but she felt she could come up and slate my accent.'