Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Kylie Minogue: Love is like a lottery
“You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend the rest of your life. Some people manage to find their soul mate. Others don’t. I think love is like a lottery.” —Kylie Minogue.
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Stephen Fry: Original idea
“An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.” —Stephen Fry.
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Tisha Campbell Martin: Autistic children
“Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it’s really hard for them, but it can happen.” —Tisha Campbell Martin.
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Chevy Chase: No romantic roles
“Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my 3-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.” —Chevy Chase.
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John Oliver: Choices
“ISPs should not be able to engage in any sort of f*ckery that limits or manipulates the choices you make online.” —John Oliver.
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Thomas de Maiziere: Net neutrality
“I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.” —Thomas de Maiziere.
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Justine Bateman: Net neutrality
“Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great – and so vital for innovation and creativity.” —Justine Bateman.
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Julius Genachowski: Net neutrality
“Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons.” —Julius Genachowski.
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Cindy Cohn: Access
“Your ability to access a website depends on your desire to access the website and not the deals that the intermediaries have made with each other.” —Cindy Cohn.
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Donald Trump: Twist of fate
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” —Donald Trump.
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Eric Greitens: Humility
“I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every person as superior to me in some way; with every person as my teacher, I grow in wisdom.…
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Dara Khosrowshahi: Rail
“Rail in Europe is incredibly important as far as a transportation medium. It’s becoming increasingly important in the Asia-Pacific markets. And I think in the U.S., rail isn’t quite as strong, but we are certainly building up infrastructure on the back end to be able to expand our rail offering on a global basis.” —Dara Khosrowshahi.
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Anatoly Liberman: Scatological words
“Scatological words are always embarrassing to discuss. But linguists are like doctors: desensitizing makes them indifferent to many things that excite others. In the office they are professionals, and words are just words to them. Other than that, they are normal people.”
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Ivanka Trump: Women’s participation
“Unfortunately, women’s participation in the technology industry is moving in the wrong direction. Women make up 47 percent of the total workforce, but represent only 22 percent of computer-science professionals, down from 35 percent in 1990.” —Ivanka Trump.
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George Harrison: Peace of mind
“When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” —George Harrison.
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Julia Cameron: Growth
“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.” —Julia Cameron, writer and artist.
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Ivanka Trump: Perception
“Perception is more important than reality. If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in fact true. This doesn’t mean you should be duplicitous or deceitful, but don’t go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.” ― Ivanka Trump.
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Phil Armstrong: Focus
“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.” Phil Armstrong, writer.
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Steve Jobs: Your time is limited
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” —Steve Jobs.
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W. E. B. Du Bois: Theory of democratic government
“The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.” —W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, civil rights activist, and writer (23 Feb 1868-1963).
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Rich Froning: Training and competition
“In training, you listen to your body. In competition you tell your body to shut up.” ––Rich Froning, Crossfit athlete.
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Eric Greitens: Building resilience
“The first step to building resilience is to take responsibility for who you are and for your life. If you’re not willing to do that, stop wasting your time reading this letter. The essence of responsibility is the acceptance of the consequences—good and bad—of your actions.” ― Eric Greitens.
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Elon Musk: Eggs in one basket
“It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.” —Elon Musk.
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Quincy Jones: What makes a good record
“The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.” —Quincy Jones.
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Nandan Nilekani: Bridge between Bangalore and Centre
“Bangalore now wants a person who doesn’t only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.” —Nandan Nilekani.
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George W Bush: Say thank you and welcome them
“There are people willing to do jobs Americans won’t do. Americans don’t want to pick cotton at 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but there are people who want to put food on their families’ tables and are willing to do that. We ought to say thank you and welcome them. ” —George W Bush.
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Rahul Gandhi: Keeping Modi
“If Sachin Tendulkar would have batted looking at the wicketkeeper, could he have scored a single run? Our prime minister is such a cricketer who looks at the wicket-keeper, and does not know where the ball is coming from.” —Rahul Gandhi.
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Tabu: Choices that help me grow
“I am the kind of person who’s always hungry for new experiences. Hence, I make unpredictable choices. Subconsciously, I push myself towards choices that will help me grow.” —Tabu.
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Chris Cornell: Jesus twitter
“What do you think Jesus would twitter, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone’ or ‘Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.’” —Chris Cornell.
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Meryl Streep: Amazing
“It’s amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.” ― Meryl Streep.
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Samuel Pepys: Decoyed
“Strange to say what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.” —Samuel Pepys.
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Jodie Foster: Something to get away from
“Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” —Jodie Foster.
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Simon Sinek: Stand for people
“Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. Stand for real, living, breathing people and we will change the world.” —Simon Sinek.
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Lauren Duca: Not an inevitability
“Sexual harassment is not an inevitability. The narrative that men can’t help themselves is insulting to men. Prove it wrong.” — Lauren Duca.
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Rachel McAdams: Not a straightforward fairytale
“I’ve discovered as I’ve grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you’re a kid. It isn’t just a straightforward fairytale.” —Rachel McAdams.
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Jane Seymour: Wedding
“I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It’s not about a production number, it’s about a meaningful moment between two people that’s witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about.” —Jane…
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Dakota Fanning: Two vibes
“I think that we have two things going on in the world right now. We have one sort of vibe that’s love who you are, be yourself, love your flaws, embrace your body, embrace your inner beauty, all of that. And then we have another very looks-based thing happening at the same time, you know?”…
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George Washington: Discipline
“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.” —George Washington.
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Janelle Monae: Trying to find my peace
“I’m trying to find my peace I was made to believe there’s something wrong with me And it hurts my heart Lord have mercy, ain’t it plain to see?” ― Janelle Monae.
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Brendan Fraser: World peace
“Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don’t know if I would wish for world peace.” —Brendan Fraser.
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David Lloyd George: No greater mistake
“There is no greater mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.” —David Lloyd George, prime minister.
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Dakota Fanning: Psychology
“I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person’s mind and thoughts.” —Dakota Fanning.
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George Washington: Restrains evil interference
“The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.” —George Washington.
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Akshay Kumar: Realist
“I’m a realist. Where I come from, ‘phenomenons’ don’t exist. I’m from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity is not an option.” —Akshay Kumar.
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Katrina Kaif: Love
“Love starts when people don’t need it and ends when they need it the most.” —Katrina Kaif.
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Sophie Gregoire Trudeau: Women’s empowerment
“Women’s empowerment for me means knowing your rights, having the facts, knowing the truth about what is happening out there, here in our own country and the condition of women throughout the world. The barriers for women across the world are different, depending on which kind of political system you live under. We’re privileged here…
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Jennifer Lopez: Uncomfortable
“Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that’s often the most important time to tell it.” —Jennifer Lopez.
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Mindy Kaling: Traditional advice
“You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?” ― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
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Kamal Haasan: Universal suffrage
“I am proud of the kind of democracy we have managed to practice in spite of many attempts to abuse it. India is a younger democracy as compared to the centuries old democracy practiced in UK and USA. Yet universal suffrage that is voting rights for all citizens of India came into practice 15 years…
