Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Melania Trump: I can handle everything
“People, they don’t really know me. People think and talk about me like, ‘Oh, poor Melania.’ Don’t feel sorry for me. I can handle everything.” —Melania Trump.
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Donald Trump: Relationship
“I don’t want to have to go home and have to work at a relationship. A relationship you have to work at, in my opinion doesn’t work.” —Donald Trump.
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Jennifer Egan: Hegemony
“I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that’s the most dangerous kind of censorship – that’s how hegemony works.” — Jennifer Egan.
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W H Auden: Impatience
“Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.” —W H Auden.
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John Rawls: Veil of ignorance
“The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” —John Rawls.
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Bertrand Russell: Beginning of wisdom
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” —Bertrand Russell.
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William Blake: Desire
“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” —William Blake, poet and artist.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Stardom
“I don’t wear my stardom like a tuxedo. I wear it like a T-shirt.” —Shah Rukh Khan.
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Elon Musk: Seek negative feedback
“You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that’s wrong with it and fix it. Seek negative feedback, particularly from friends.” —Elon Musk.
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Jack Ma: No matter how tough the chase
“No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It’ll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).” —Jack Ma.
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Blac Chyna: Put on a show
“Most of the time when you’re around the opposite sex, you kinda have to put on a show and not completely be yourself.” —Blac Chyna.
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Kourtney Kardashian: Fashion
“Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful.” —Kourtney Kardashian.
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Millie Bobby Brown: Without my phone
“I could live without my phone. And one thing I’d love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the ’80s.” – – – Millie Bobby Brown.
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Dakota Fanning: Rare
“It’s rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male, or end up being happy because of a male. It’s interesting to think about, and it’s very true.” —Dakota Fanning.
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Simon Sinek: Art of leadership
“The art of leadership is about inspiring people to build something, not threatening to break something.” —Simon Sinek.
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Charlie Munger: Cryptocurrencies
“I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine to create some manufactured currency … I expect the world to do silly things from time to time, because everybody wants easy money. It’s just disgusting that people are taken in by something like this. Who would want one’s children growing up buying things like bitcoin? I…
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Arvind Kejriwal: Statement
“You are criticizing me for my fashion statement. My wife keeps on criticizing me for my blank bank statement.” —Arvind Kejriwal.
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Dilma Rousseff: Yes, women can
“I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes, women can.” —Dilma Rousseff.
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Maria Ramos: Ego
“I don’t pay you for your ego. Leave it outside and get the job done … or it will count against you. ” —Maria Ramos.
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Colin Powell: Surround yourself
“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.” —Colin Powell.
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Rick Falkvinge: Iron Curtain
“When the Iron Curtain fell, all of the West rejoiced that the East would become just as free as the West. It was never supposed to be the other way around.” —Rick Falkvinge.
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Donald Trump Jr: Hunting
“Hunting forces a person to endure, to master themselves, even to truly get to know the wild environment. Actually, along the way, hunting and fishing makes you fall in love with the natural world. This is why hunters so often give back by contributing to conservation.” —Donald Trump, Jr.
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Dave Hayes: Make it easy
“You can’t make everyone happy, but you can make it easy for them.” —Dave Hayes.
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Meghan Markle: Reciprocal
‘There is a myth that those who do humanitarian work have a saviour mentality, but the relationship is reciprocal.’ —Meghan Markle.
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Bill Gates: Real life
“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.” —Bill Gates.
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APJ Abdul Kalam: Swift but synthetic happiness
“Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.” —APJ Abdul Kalam.
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Dolores O’Riordan: Great gig making music
“You get older and come to the conclusion that it’s a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs. The only gig is to sing well and perform.” —Dolores O’Riordan.
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Meghan Markle: Romantic and beautiful
“At the end of the day, if the guy is going to write the girl a letter, whether it’s chicken scratch or scribble or looks like a doctor’s note, if he takes the time to put pen to paper and not type something, there’s something so incredibly romantic and beautiful about that.” —Meghan Markle.
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Chrissy Teigen: Leaders who care about these things
“Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren’t getting the pay they deserve. While I don’t expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.” —Chrissy Teigen.
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Geoffrey Rush: Perusing the dictionary
“I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don’t use – words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom.” —Geoffrey Rush.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Resistance
“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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James Rollins: Madness, not genius
“Often-times it’s madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!” —James Rollins.
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Seth Rollins: Be you sometimes
“You just can’t be someone else all the time; you just have to be you sometimes.” —Seth Rollins.
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Marie Curie: Neither swift nor easy
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” —Marie Curie.
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Cole Swindell: Living the dream
“When you find what you love, and you find people that will support you, you’re living the dream whatever you do.” —Cole Swindell.
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Ogden Nash: Immature indefinitely
“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” —Ogden Nash.
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Camila Cabello: Nobody’s perfect
“At the end of the day, nobody’s perfect and everybody’s weird whether they embrace it or not.” —Camila Cabello.
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Jennifer Lawrence: Don’t worry about the bitches
‘”Don’t worry about the bitches” – that could be a good motto, because you come across people like that throughout your life.’ —Jennifer Lawrence.
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Oprah Winfrey: Attitude
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” —Oprah Winfrey.
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Elon Musk: Process, substitute for thinking
“The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You’re encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren’t that smart, who aren’t that creative.” – – – Elon Musk.
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Angelina Jolie: Diversity, our strength
“Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.” —Angelina Jolie.
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Robert Altman: Put your foot down
“If you don’t have a leg to stand on, you can’t put your foot down.” —Robert Altman.
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Jack Ma: New leadership
“The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.” —Jack Ma.
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Nayyirah Waheed: I loved you
“i loved you because it was easier than loving myself.” —Nayyirah Waheed.
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Rene Russo: Just cool
“I’ll be honest with you: I’d rather have BAFTA over an Academy Award any day. Because it’s just cool.” —Rene Russo.
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Rex Stout: Labels
“Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.” —Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975).
