Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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APJ Abdul Kalam: Synthetic happiness
“Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.” —APJ Abdul Kalam.
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Simon Sinek: Good leadership
“Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.” —Simon Sinek.
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Vladimir Putin: Social responsibility
“We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has…
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Keeley Hawes: Icons
“There’s always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way.” —Keeley Hawes.
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Rob Kardashian: Dress socks
“I feel like dress socks differentiate you in a different way – especially men in suits who just have the traditional business suit. The dress sock is the way to change it up in your mind and I like wearing my pants up higher so you see them.” —Rob Kardashian.
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Bruce Willis: Violence
“Violence – look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who’s kidding who?” —Bruce Willis.
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E O’Brien: Ferociously tenacious
“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.” —E. O’brien.
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Ben Affleck: No matter how much you change
“No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.” —Ben Affleck.
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Charlie Hunnam: No matter how difficult it is
“Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.” —Charlie Hunnam.
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Asa Hilliard: Child geniuses
“I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.” —Asa Hilliard.
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Dr. John Lund: Communicate
“Don’t communicate to be understood; rather, communicate so as not to be misunderstood.” —Dr. John Lund.
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Emma Bunton: Keep a friendship
“I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.” —Emma Bunton.
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Kim Wilde: Give in to the night
“In the day I can smile though I wanna die / Hold on, hold on / I can keep it together for a little while / and be strong, so strong / But when the sun goes down and I’m all alone / I haven’t the strength to fight / That’s when my tears give…
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Karlie Kloss: Coding
“I want to encourage more young women to get involved in coding, because it’s important for them to be able to help shape the future, and coding is the future.” —Karlie Kloss.
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John Updike: Writers
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.” —John Updike.
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Sir John Pentland Mahaffy: In Ireland
“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.” —Sir John Pentland Mahaffy.
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Blaise Pascal: Contradiction
“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.” —Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662).
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Kirsten Dunst: Awards
“You know how people say awards don’t mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.” —Kirsten Dunst.
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Kalpana Chawla: Campsite
“This planet below you is our campsite, and you know of no other campground.” —Kalpana Chawla.
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Henry Ford: Against the wind
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford.
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Scott Eastwood: Love finds you
“Love finds you. You always get smacked with love when you least expect it.” —Scott Eastwood.
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Don McLean: Day the music died
“I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train to the coast The day the music died.” —Don McLean.
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St. Patrick’s Day Quote
“May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.” —St. Patrick’s Day quotes.
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Jennifer Garner: Aging
“I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can’t worry about it too much.” —Jennifer Garner.
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Rihanna: Settling
“I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.” —Rihanna.
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Eric Trump: Terrorists
“You see these terrorists that are flying planes into buildings, right? You see our cities getting shot up in California. You see Paris getting shot up. And then somebody complains when a terrorist gets waterboarded, which quite frankly is no different than what happens on college campuses and frat houses every day. ” —Eric Trump.
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Angelina Jolie: Sense of self
“Figure out who you are separate from your family and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find out who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self, because with that, you can do…
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Gal Gadot: Serving
“Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You’ve got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it’s not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.” —Gal…
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Boris Johnson: Opportunities
“My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.” —Boris Johnson.
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Irrfan Khan: Not a share market
“You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it’s not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.” —Irrfan Khan.
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Pamela Anderson: Natural beauty
“Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.” —Pamela Anderson.
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Louise Slaughter: Compete in sports
“We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.” —Louise Slaughter.
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Otto von Bismarck: With and without
“With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.” —Otto von Bismarck.
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St. Patrick: I arise today
“I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me; God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me afar and anear, alone or in a multitude.” ―…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Ignore limits
“In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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George Peabody: Education
“Education : a debt due from present to future generations.” —George Peabody.
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Robert Mueller: Enemy inside the gates
“Perimeter defense may not matter if the enemy is inside the gates.” —Robert Mueller.
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James Madison: Fighting a foreign enemy
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” —James Madison, fourth US president (16 Mar 1751-1836).
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Matt Damon: Fame
“Fame is really strange. One day you’re not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply – yet everyone looks at…
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Harry Styles: Ambition
“I find ambition really attractive too – if someone’s good at something they love doing. I want someone who is driven.” —Harry Styles.
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Simon Sinek: Excitement and fulfillment
“Excitement comes from the achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got us there.” —Simon Sinek.
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Alia Bhatt: Private person
“I am a very private person. I don’t like to talk about things till someone asks about them.” —Alia Bhatt.
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Lawrence Kudlow: Credo
“Now you know my credo: Free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. And let me add to that from our Founding Fathers: Our Creator endowed us with the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In other words, freedom.” —Lawrence Kudlow.
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Alicia Vikander: Similar things
“Everyone surrounding you has gone through similar things. The search for love or the desire to have a family or the loss of a child.” —Alicia Vikander.
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Burt Reynolds: Where the mines are
“I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he’s probably going to step on them anyway.” —Burt Reynolds.
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James Madison: Excess of power
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” —James Madison.
