Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Madhuri Dixit: Ironic
“It’s so ironic – when you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.” —Madhuri Dixit.
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Ed Sheeran: Fan base
“I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I’m going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn’t necessarily cater to most of them.” —Ed Sheeran.
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St. Josephine Bakhita: Slave-traders
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today…” —St. Josephine Bakhita.
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Khaleda Zia: Parliamentary politics
“It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.” —Khaleda Zia.
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Taylor Swift: Hateful comments
“When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.” —Taylor Swift.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Smiles and laughter
“Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.” —Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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Dr. Bob Jones, Sr. : Jesus’ teaching
“Jesus never taught men how to make a living; He taught men how to live.” —Dr. Bob Jones, Sr.
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Donald Trump: Losing a battle
“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.” —Donald Trump.
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Ed Sheeran: Inspirations
“As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people’s situations.” —Ed Sheeran.
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Sonia Gandhi: Private world of family
“It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.” —Sonia Gandhi.
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Ivanka Trump: Your interview is about you
“A word of advice: your interview is about you. It’s not about the school you went to, what you majored in, what your GPA was, or who your parents happen to be or know. Most of that stuff is right on your resume, and it might even have gotten you into the room, but it…
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Narendra Modi: Two sides to same coin
“If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you’re decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.” —Narendra Modi.
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Simon Sinek: Knowledge
“It doesn’t matter how much we know. What matters is how clearly others can understand what we know.“ —Simon Sinek.
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Ed Sheeran: Ex-friendly
“Whenever you have an ex, and they’re like, ‘I hope we can still be friends!’ and you weren’t friends before you started dating, then what do you go back to, really?” —Ed Sheeran.
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Missy Higgins: Line from Spiderman
“My dad always said to me that with fame comes great responsibility, which has always stuck with me, even though I think he stole that line from Spiderman.” —Missy Higgins.
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James Maslow: Kind of fun
“Look, every guy is nervous when they talk to girls, but I find that little bit of nervousness to be kind of fun.” – —James Maslow.
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Rahul Gandhi: Rising tide
“A rising tide doesn’t raise people who don’t have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.” —Rahul Gandhi.
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Jagjit Singh: Thought content of ghazals
“The thought content of ghazals must be meaningful, related to life, it’s emotions of joy and sorrow. It must have the human touch, it should not be phoney.” —Jagjit Singh.
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Dr. Zakir Hussain: Aim of a student’s life
“The aim of a student’s life should be to overcome any illusions or prejudices he may have and to give up mean habits. He should, and it is his duty to, propagate education among his illiterate brothers and to consider the propagation of education as part of his own education. He ought to acquire knowledge…
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Elon Musk: Baking a cake
“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.” —Elon Musk.
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James Baldwin: Most ferocious enemy
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” —James Baldwin.
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Maria Popova: We can do better
“With increasing regularity, I’m reminded of what a cesspool of reactionary self-righteousness social media can be, how ill-considered people’s opinions are, how bereft of historical context and impoverished of nuance. We can do better.” —Maria Popova.
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Nancy Pelosi: Think of an economy
“Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.” —Nancy Pelosi.
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Gerry Adams: Making peace
” Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war. ” —Gerry Adams.
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Will Smith: Work
“If you’re not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I’d rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.” —Will Smith.
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Jaden Smith: Rules
“All The Rules In This World Were Made By Someone No Smarter Than You. So Make Your Own.” —Jaden Smith.
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Marlon Brando: Ain’t listening
“An actor’s a guy who, if you ain’t talking about him, ain’t listening.” – – -Marlon Brando.
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Quincy Jones: Harmonious world
“Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.” —Quincy Jones.
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Justin Trudeau: Peoplekind
“We like to say peoplekind, not necessarily mankind. It’s more inclusive.” —Justin Trudeau.
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Elon Musk: Brand
“Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.” —Elon Musk.
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Taylor Swift: Relationships
“Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light.” —Taylor Swift.
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John Ruskin: No such thing as bad weather
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” —John Ruskin.
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Jules Verne: A question of time
“Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is…
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Taylor Swift: Every girl’s dream
“I think every girl’s dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.” —Taylor Swift.
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Stephen Covey: What we are
“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.” Stephen Covey, educator and speaker.
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Joseph Tussman: What the pupil must learn
“What the pupil must learn, if he learns anything at all, is that the world will do most of the work for you, provided you cooperate with it by identifying how it really works and aligning with those realities. If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson.” — Joseph…
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Priyanka Chopra: Transition
“Any transition is easier if you believe in yourself and your talent.” —Priyanka Chopra.
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Jessica Chastain: Start a conversation
“I’ve a small request, instead of labeling a woman as ’emotionally unstable’ go deeper. What did she endure that led her to this place? We are the sum of our experiences. This is an industry built on power & dominance. She isn’t crazy. Start a conversation & let the healing begin.” —Jessica Chastain.
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Taylor Swift: Relativity
“When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.” —Taylor Swift.
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Charles Dickens: Nonsense
“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” —-Charles Dickens, novelist (7 Feb 1812-1870).
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Paul Vigna: Blockchain
“The blockchain keeps everyone honest, and a whole layer of banking bureaucracy is removed, lowering costs.” —Paul Vigna.
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Taylor Swift: Boyfriends
“I’m not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I’m the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.” —Taylor Swift.
