Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Dorothy Sayers: Repugnant
“What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person.” —Dorothy Sayers, writer.
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Marcel Proust: Family traits
“The more we become ourselves, the more our family traits are accentuated.” —Marcel Proust.
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Jodie Comer: False representation of women
“I think, in history, we often see a false representation of women. The men are always the successors and, supposedly, of their own merit, which I don’t believe to be to true.” —Jodie Comer.
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Simon Sinek: Opportunities off the plan
“When we’re obsessed with the plan, we miss all the opportunities that exist off the plan.” —Simon Sinek.
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Charlize Theron: Watch that constantly
“When they watch a movie and they know that you’re in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.” —Charlize Theron.
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Sandra Oh: Free from chatter
“It takes a long time to free oneself from chatter – goals, social media, image, persona. And if you’re able to move through in that way, you can actually start trying to create from a different place.” —Sandra Oh.
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G K Chesterton: Strange fanaticism
“A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.” —G K Chesterton.
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Michelle Obama: Commitment
“If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.” —Michelle Obama.
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Rachel Brosnahan: Only you
“You are the only you. That means you don’t lose roles to anybody else. There’s no competition, so they either want you or they don’t want you, and it’s not that they wanted someone else over you.” —Rachel Brosnahan.
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Timothee Chalamet: Fine balance
“I do find that there’s a fine balance between preparation and seeing what happens naturally.” —Timothee Chalamet.
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Ben Stiller: Old saying in Hollywood
“There’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it.” —Ben Stiller.
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Constance Wu: Public service
“Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.” —Constance Wu.
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Richard Gere: Bravery
“I don’t think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.” —Richard Gere.
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Halle Berry: The first step
“The first step is clearly defining what it is you’re after, because without knowing that, you’ll never get it.” —Halle Berry.
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Olivia Colman: Demand equality and kindness
“I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It’s what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.” —Olivia Colman.
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Harrison Ford: Presence of justice
“Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice.” —Harrison Ford.
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Warren Buffett: Unrecognized concentrations of risk
“When things go bad, all kinds of things correlate that no one ever dreamed correlated…. And there’s nothing more deadly than unrecognized concentrations of risk, but it happens all the time.” —Warren Buffett.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones: Words impress me
“Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.” —Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Michael Douglas: Like a lovely orchid
“Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that’s nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it’s ignored, it withers.” —Michael Douglas.
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Irina Shayk: Mutual respect
“Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.” —Irina Shayk.
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Jeff Bridges: Just pretending
“A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.” —Jeff Bridges.
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Regina King: That’s really unfortunate
“A lot of black women still carry a lot of pain when they see black men with women who aren’t black, and that’s really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. It has to do with self esteem.” —Regina King.
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Darren Criss: Artistry in everything
“As a composer and as a musician I’m a true believer – and this is not to be overly diplomatic – I’m a believer that there’s artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There’s art in absolutely everything.” —Darren Criss.
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Jamie Lee Curtis: The more I like me
“The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.” —Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Alison Brie: What is it about women?
“What is it about women that they just go right for the guy that totally repulses them?” —Alison Brie.
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Idris Elba: Trained to do the right thing
“As an actor, you’re trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you’re working with.” —Idris Elba.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Fight
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Michelle Obama: Courage can be contagious
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” —Michelle Obama.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Reacting
“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Daniel Kahneman: Blind to our blindness
“We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We’re not designed to know how little we know.” —Daniel Kahneman.
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David Grann: Last truly unexplored frontier
“The amazing thing about the sea is that it is perhaps the last truly unexplored frontier; most oceanographers estimate that only about ninety-five per cent of the sea has been studied. Meanwhile, the oceans are believed to contain more animals than exist on land, a majority of which have never been discovered.” —David Grann.
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Stephen Hawking: Always angry or complaining
“People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” —Stephen Hawking.
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Yuval Noah Harari: You’re the product
“There is a saying that if you get something for free, you should know that you’re the product. It was never more true than in the case of Facebook and Gmail and YouTube. You get free social-media services, and you get free funny cat videos. In exchange, you give up the most valuable asset you…
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Charles Krauthammer: Choose incompetence
“Whenever you’re faced with an explanation of what’s going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.” —Charles Krauthammer.
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Tara Westover: Very difficult
“It’s very difficult to continue to believe in yourself and that you’re a good person when the people who know you best don’t.” —Tara Westover.
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Michelle Obama: Realities
“The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.” —Michelle Obama.
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James Patterson: People like to talk
“People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn’t.” —James Patterson.
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Nicholas Sparks: Romance
“Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.” —Nicholas Sparks.
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George R R Martin: Be careful, my lady
“So , It’s truth you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for the truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” —George R R Martin.
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Delia Owens: Definition of a real man
“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.” —Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing.
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John Grisham: Three types of words
“There are three types of words: words we all know, words we should know, and words nobody knows. Don’t use the third category.” —John Grisham.
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David Baldacci: Fiction
“Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.” —David Baldacci.
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Ashley Banjo: Emotional abuse
“Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and it cements itself.” —Ashley Banjo.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Can’t hide it
“Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.” —Zora Neale Hurston.
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Rami Malek: Really nice pen
“Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you’re going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.” —Rami Malek.
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Mary Robinson: Culture
“A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make those standards a living reality for people everywhere.” —Mary Robinson.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Disservice
“There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can’t all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.” —Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
