Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Margot Robbie: So I could show you me
“There’s nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, ‘Be yourself.’ That’s not why I became an actress. That’s what I find so funny: that you become an actor, and all of a sudden, everyone wants to know about you. But I didn’t become an actor so I could show…
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Daniel Radcliffe: Inferior
“Probably the best book I’ve read this year—well, I was reading it for ages, because I got sidetracked—is Inferior, by a woman named Angela Saini. It’s all about how science has consistently kind of underserved and undermined women—female scientists and the female public at large—through male bias, even though it’s often not deliberate. She’s amazing…
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Oprah Winfrey: Limo companions
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey.
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Ravi Shankar: Thousands of ragas
“There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call ‘mela’ or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting…
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George Harrison: Birthday cake
“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” —George Harrison.
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Shivaji Maharaj: Terms of contrast
“Verily, Islam and Hinduism are terms of contrast. They are used by the true Divine Painter for blending the colors and filling in the outlines. if it is a mosque, the call to prayer is chanted in remembrance of Him. If it is a temple, the bells are rung in earning for him alone.” —Shivaji…
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Lesley Manville: Stage and film
“Stage is the ultimate test; I like watching established screen actors on stage to see if they can really do it. But it’s great to have a healthy mixture of the two. Film is so technical: there’s something very particular about the relationship between you and the camera. It took a long time for me…
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Paul Newman: People stay married
“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.” —Paul Newman.
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Allison Janney: Conflict
“Great drama is all about conflict, and what’s a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?” —Allison Janney.
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Celine Dion: Regular talking machine
“Some people can’t stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I’m a regular talking machine. It’s all or nothing for me.” —Celine Dion.
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Jennifer Lawrence: Black hole
“The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it.” —Jennifer Lawrence.
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Joanna Lumley: Quality time
“It’s so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase ‘quality time’ means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as…
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Ridley Scott: Probably worshipping the same God
“That’s a heavy word, but picking up a newspaper every day, how can you not despair at what’s happening in the world, and how we’re represented as human beings? The disappointments and corruption are dismaying at every level. And the biggest source of evil is of course religion. Religions are tearing each other apart in…
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Charlize Theron: Chances
“There’s only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn’t give you a chance there is nothing you can do.” —Charlize Theron.
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Sylvester Stallone: Rejection
“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.” —Sylvester Stallone.
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Fergie: Climb that ladder
“There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn’t believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.” —Fergie.
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Emma Gonzalez: Thirty million
“If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and… how nothing is going to be done about it, I’m going to happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle Association. It doesn’t matter because I already know. Thirty…
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Simon Sinek: Vision
“‘Vision’ is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.” —Simon Sinek.
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Angelina Jolie: Your mind defines you
“I tell my daughters, ‘What sets you apart is what you are willing to do for others. Anyone can put on a dress and makeup. It’s your mind that will define you. Find out who you are, what you think, and what you stand for. And fight for others to have those same freedoms. A…
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Imran Khan: Losing
“I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.” —Imran Khan.
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Kate Middleton: Just as important
“A child’s mental health is just as important as their physical health.” —Kate Middleton.
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Angelina Jolie: Flaws and scars
“I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.” —Angelina Jolie.
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Prince Andrew: Bankers and politicians
“It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.” —Prince Andrew.
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Eric Schmidt: Experiment in anarchy
“The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.” —Eric Schmidt.
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Jaden Smith: Perception
“Be careful with how you make the world perceive you, because they’ll perceive you like that for the rest of your life.” —Jaden Smith.
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Harriet Lerner: Change
“Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.” —Harriet Lerner, psychologist.
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Rajnikanth: Need and greed
“Whether you have a Maruti or a BMW, the road remains the same. Whether you travel economy class or business, your destination doesn’t change. Whether you have a Titan or a Rolex, the time is the same. There is nothing wrong in dreaming a luxurious life. What needs to be taken care of is not…
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Weapons, violence and Israel
“If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.” —Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Emma Watson: Cliché
“It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you’re not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.” —Emma Watson.
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Kamal Haasan: CEOs running the country
“In future we’ll have CEOs running the country not leaders, because I think we are not sheep any more, we don’t need to be shepherd, we need someone to take care of us.” –—Kamal Haasan.
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Gaston Brown: To preserve humanity
“Certainly, in the case of the Caribbean, we are feeling the effects of climate change. We’re living it. We cannot be in denial — we’ve suffered the consequences. We’re minimal polluters, but we’re suffering disproportionate effects from climate change. These profligate users of fossil fuel — they need to take responsibility. They have a global…
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Ravi Subramanian: Success
“Success is not always measured in terms of dollars earned or turnover. It is measured in terms of the difference you have made to the people around you.” —Ravi Subramanian.
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Eric Schmidt: Not a speculative investment
“It is not a speculative investment even though it is being used as such by other people. As Bitcoin network grows the value of Bitcoin grows. As people move into Bitcoin for payments and receipts they stop using US Dollars, Euros and Chinese Yuan which in the long-term devalues these currencies.” ––Eric Schmidt.
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Kate Middleton: Emotional difficulties
“No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.” —Kate Middleton.
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Richard Branson: Respect
“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” – Richard Branson.
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Jack Ma: Globalization
“We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good… when trade stops, war comes.” —Jack Ma.
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Kofi Annan: Future of freedom
“Technology does not stand still, and nor should democracy. We have to act fast, because digital advances could be just the start of a slippery slope leading to an Orwellian world controlled by Big Brother, where millions of sensors in our smartphones and other devices collect data and make us vulnerable to manipulation. Who should…
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Kofi Annan: Social media
‘Social media’s ideological “echo chambers” exacerbate people’s natural biases and diminish opportunities for healthy debate.’ —Kofi Annan.
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Catherine Deneuve: Opportunities
“Opportunities are often things you haven’t noticed the first time around.” —Catherine Deneuve.
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Arnaud Nourry: Ebooks
“The ebook is a stupid product. It is exactly the same as print, except it’s electronic. There is no creativity, no enhancement, no real digital experience. We, as publishers, have not done a great job going digital. We’ve tried. We’ve tried enhanced or enriched ebooks – didn’t work. We’ve tried apps, websites with our content…
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Arnaud Nourry: Pricing ebooks
“If you let the price of ebooks go down to say $2 or $3 in Western markets, you are going to kill all infrastructure, you’re going to kill booksellers, you’re going to kill supermarkets, and you are going to kill the author’s revenues. You have to defend the logic of your market against the interest…
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James Marsden: Everyone can have their heart broken
“Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn’t working, it’s still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they’re part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.” —James Marsden.
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Émile Zola: Life, struggle, intensity
“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don’t care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.” —Émile Zola.
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Nicolas Cage: To be a good actor
“To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.” —Nicolas Cage.
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Dennis Quaid: It’s like death
“When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It’s like death.” —Dennis Quaid.
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Mark Cuban: Liberal arts majors
“I personally think there’s going to be a greater demand in 10 years for liberal arts majors than there were for programming majors and maybe even engineering, because when the data is all being spit out for you, options are being spit out for you, you need a different perspective in order to have a…
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Shah Asad Rizvi: Dance of destinies
“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.” —Shah Asad Rizvi.
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Ahmed Mostafa: Fiction and religion
“The only difference between fiction and religion is that people don’t kill themselves over fiction.” —Ahmed Mostafa.
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Camila Cabello: Cute
“My general thing is, if you feel cute in your outfit, then your outfit is cute.” —Camila Cabello.
