Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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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.
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Robert Smith Surtees: Only infallible rule we know
“The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.” —Robert Smith Surtees.
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Willa Catherine: Sitting still
“There’s nothing so dangerous as sitting still.” —Willa Catherine, writer.
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Glorious mess
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” –– Elizabeth Gilbert, author.
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Stephen Hawking: Three things
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” —Stephen Hawking.
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James Bowen: Cats
“Cats are notoriously picky about who they like. And if a cat doesn’t like its owner it will go and find another one. Cats do that all the time.” —James Bowen.
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Elizabeth Holmes: Backup plan
“I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you’ve admitted that you’re not going to succeed.” —Elizabeth Holmes.
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Andrew Jackson: Inattentive
“The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.” —Andrew Jackson.
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Ricky Gervais: Painful and difficult
“When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It’s only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.” —Ricky Gervais.
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Shirley Chisholm: Measuring America
“I don’t measure America by its achievement, but by its potential.” —Shirley Chisholm, politician and educator.
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Ricky Gervais: Painful and difficult
“When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It’s only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.” —Ricky Gervais.
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Sylvester Stallone: Keep going and going and going
“I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.” —Sylvester Stallone.
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James Blunt: Fool
“I guess if you’re stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.” —James Blunt.
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Albert Einstein: Miracle
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein.
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Aamir Khan: No such thing as perfection
“The truth is that no matter how many retakes you do, each will be different and that is the nature of any creative medium. There’s no such thing as perfection.” —Aamir Khan.
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Gigi Hadid: Stay fit or stay sane
“I’ve always said, ‘Eat clean to stay fit, have a burger to stay sane. ’” —Gigi Hadid.
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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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Mike Pompeo: When you’re younger
“One of the things you don’t always realize when you’re younger is that not everything you try is going to work.” —Mike Pompeo.
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Simon Sinek: Systems and processes
“Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.” —Simon Sinek.
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Rex Tillerson: Enormity of energy consumption
“When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some new breakthrough in energy to become the dominant source. Most people have difficulty coming to…
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Hillary Clinton: Red in the niddle
“If you look at the map of the United States, there is all that red in the middle, places where Trump won. What that map doesn’t show you is that I won the places that won two thirds of America’s Gross Domestic product. I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward. And…
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Albert Einstein: Careless with the truth
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” —Albert Einstein.
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William Lyon Phelps: Final test of a gentleman
“The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.” —William Lyon Phelps.
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Henry Ward Beecher: Laws and institutions
“Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time.” —Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman and social reformer.
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Tracy Morgan: News
“Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.” —Tracy Morgan.
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Stan Lee: Never a criminal!
“What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street against a traffic light and get a summons for jaywalking, but you could walk up to a police officer and say ‘I want to rule the world,’ and there’s nothing he can do…
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Tim Berners-Lee: Two myths
“Two myths currently limit our collective imagination: that advertising is the only possible business model for online companies, and… it’s too late to change the way platforms operate. On both points we need to be a bit more creative… I want the web to reflect our hopes and fulfil our dreams, rather than magnify our…
