Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Lisa Marie Presley: Monster to tame
“Something happens to people around fame and power and money – it can bring out the worst and best in people; it’s a monster you have to tame.” —Lisa Marie Presley.
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Regina King: Modern Mom
“Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.” —Regina King.
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Saoirse Ronan: Not ethereal
“Everyone thinks I’m ethereal. But I’m not like that, you know. I’m not ethereal. Well, I might have a little bit of that quality to me, that ‘old soul’ thing, but I’m not ethereal.” —Saoirse Ronan.
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Warren Buffett: Investing and risk
“Investing is an activity in which consumption today is foregone in an attempt to allow greater consumption at a later date. ‘Risk’ is the possibility that this objective won’t be attained.” —Warren Buffett.
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Twinkle Khanna: Lived like children
“I wish we lived like children. Run till you are out of breath, flop on the grass, stare at clouds, jump up again, chase a squirrel around every tree in the park, walk on your hands because the world looks different upside down, climb little hills and roll down the other side, do somersaults .…
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Warren Buffett: Spreadsheets never disappoint
“Once a CEO hungers for a deal, he or she will never lack for forecasts that justify the purchase. Subordinates will be cheering, envisioning enlarged domains and the compensation levels that typically increase with corporate size. Investment bankers, smelling huge fees, will be applauding as well. (Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut.)…
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Carrie Fisher: Very powerful experience
“I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there’s something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it’s not something that you’re in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.” —Carrie Fisher.
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Charles de Lint: Mysteries
“Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?” —Charles de Lint.
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Kangana Ranaut: Get our dues
“As a woman, we don’t have to hope to get our dues. We need to get up and get it ourselves.” —Kangana Ranaut.
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Emily Ratajkowski: Going to lunch
“I’m not always going to like the paparazzi photos, but I’m still going to go to lunch with my boyfriend.” —Emily Ratajkowski.
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Charles de Lint: Same end
“When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” —Charles de Lint, writer (b. 22 Dec 1951).
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Steve Wozniak: Newspapers
“But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it’s a lie and they’re protected if the person’s famous or it’s a company.” —Steve Wozniak.
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Prakash Talwar: Daman and Diu
“The twin islands are a perfect example of a place where history and nature meet.The tranquillity is what symbolises the beaches of Daman and Diu Islands. Daman was the Portuguese colony for over four centuries and joined the Indian Union in 1961.” —Prakash Talwar, in Travel And Tourism Management (4 Vols.) (1 January 2006), p.…
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Raveena Tandon: Sore thumb
“I’d stick out like a sore thumb in politics. The day I say yes to politics, I can kiss my private life goodbye.” —RAVEENA TANDON, actress.
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Kylie Jenner: Projected image
“On Snapchat I show people what I think they want to see. That’s not me. It’s a projected image. A brand. I’m not a different person. I just don’t show all of me.” —Kylie Jenner.
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Phil Coulter: Glorious songs
“It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these were so popular they were sung only by drunken men at weddings. They didn’t have any regard for the song at all. So, I picked out 14 songs that I had…
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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.
