Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Pierre de Coubertin: Amicable trials
“Wars break out because nations misunderstand each other. We shall no have peace until the prejudices which now separate the different races shall have been outlived. To attain this end, what better means than to bring the youth of all countries periodically together for amicable trials of muscular strength and agility.” —Pierre de Coubertin.
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Taylor Swift: Prince Charming and the bad guy
“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he’s everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow…
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Mitchell Baker: Data protection
“Data protection is a critical tool for guaranteeing fundamental rights of privacy. It is particular important today as Aadhaar is being driven deeper into all aspects of life. Digital identity can bring many benefits, but it can also become a surveillance and privacy disaster. A strong data protection law is key to avoiding disaster.” —Mitchell…
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Mitchell Baker: Humanity is smart
“Humanity is smart. Sometime in the technology world we think we are smarter, but we are not smarter than you.” —Mitchell Baker.
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Rupi Kaur: Beautiful
“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful before i’ve called them intelligent or brave i am sorry i made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is all you have to be proud of when you have broken mountains with your wit from now on…
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Eric McCormack: History
“There was a time when history was written by a few people, the winners. Now, history is written by all of us all the time… That’s the thing we keep telling our 14-year-olds, you know: anything you do right now, it’s not going anywhere.” —Eric McCormack.
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Debra Messing: Endgame of life
“When you’re passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.” —Debra Messing.
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John Adams: Liberty
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” —John Adams.
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Katherine Johnson: We will always have STEM
“We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.” —Katherine Johnson.
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Steven Spielberg: Technology
“Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we’re too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.”…
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Edward Teller: Science of today
“The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.” —Edward Teller.
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Hillary Clinton: Without fracturing communities
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Jennifer Lopez: High standards
“I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.”…
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Saoirse Ronan: Teenagers
“The majority of teenagers don’t even make eye contact with people, even people of the same age.” —Saoirse Ronan.
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Paris Hilton: Birthday
“The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday.“. —Paris Hilton.
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Joan Collins: Beauty
“The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.” —Joan Collins.
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Laura Lee: Love
“I’ve been in love and it doesn’t last. And when it’s over, it’s hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.” —Laura Lee.
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Amitabh Bachchan: Cinematic reflection
“Audiences change because life changes. Countries change geographically, climatically, socially and morally. Many things happen, and cinema, in a sense, reflects what’s happening in the world.” —Amitabh Bachchan.
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Rose McGowan: Work out
“I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.” —Rose McGowan.
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Taylor Swift: Be respectful
” We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. ” —Taylor Swift.
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Elon Musk: Magic
“If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic – being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.”…
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Richard Branson: Gut feeling
“I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It’s done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.” —Richard Branson.
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Joaquin Phoenix: Movie and character
“Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it’s just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.” —Joaquin Phoenix.
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Amy Schumer: Love yourself
“Love yourself. You don’t need a man, or a boy, or a self-proclaimed love expert to tell you what you’re worth. Your power comes from who you are and what you do. You don’t need all that noise – that constant hum in the background telling you whether or not you’re good enough.” —Amy Schumer,The…
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Harold MacMillan: Sense of purpose
“If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.” —Harold Macmillan.
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Charles Lamb: Leaking
“The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one’s soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive – you are leaking. ” —Charles Lamb.
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Ringo Starr: Ambition
“Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.” —Ringo Starr.
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Jeff Garzik: Bitcoin
“When I first heard about Bitcoin, I thought it was impossible. How can you have a purely digital currency? Can’t I just copy your hard drive and have your bitcoins? I didn’t understand how that could be done, and then I looked into it and it was brilliant.” —Jeff Garzik.
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Mahesh Murthy: Money and salary
“Once you stop worrying about money and salary, interesting things happen after that.” —Mahesh Murthy.
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Mani Ratnam: Neither language nor culture
“Language is really not so much of a barrier nor are details of a culture which you can learn as you go, but what you’re trying to say is the most important thing.” —Mani Ratnam.
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Richard Branson: Mistakes
“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.” —Richard Branson.
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Elon Musk: Greater collective enlightenment
“Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.” —Elon Musk.
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Rick Falkvinge: Right to attribution
“We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described in the US constitution: the promotion of culture. Many artists are using recognition as their primary driving force to create culture.” —Rick Falkvinge.
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Indra Nooyi: Emotional quotient
“When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.” —Indra Nooyi.
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Richard Branson: Bitcoin
“Well, I think it is working. There may be other currencies like it that may be even better. But in the meantime, there’s a big industry around Bitcoin. — People have made fortunes off Bitcoin, some have lost money. It is volatile, but people make money off of volatility too.” —Richard Branson.
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Henry Cavill: Regrets
“Regrets are something you can’t really have as an actor, because ultimately you’ll end up destroying yourself… there’s a lot of disappointment in this business.” – – – Henry Cavill.
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Quincy Jones: Never leave till it’s done
“Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’” —Quincy Jones.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Chak De! India
“My father used to play hockey. No one knew I played hockey. Someone offered me a film on hockey, everyone said it was the worst film being made. There is no heroine, the girls are unknown, the songs are bad and I look awful with a beard. It became ‘Chak De! India’. …… It doesn’t…
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Justin Trudeau: Extraordinary individuals
“You can’t run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.” —Justin Trudeau.
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Elon Musk: Creating companies
“I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.” —Elon Musk.
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Rand Paul: Captivating allure
“Communism can’t survive the captivating allure of capitalism.” —Rand Paul.
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Amrita Singh: Only happens in books
“Like everybody, I too believed that couples lived happily ever after. But it only happens in books.” —Amrita Singh.
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Amy Adams: Positive attitude
“I think a lot of times we don’t pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.” —Amy Adams.
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Hasan Minhaj: Golden age of lying
“We are living in the golden age of lying. Now is the time to be a liar, and Donald Trump is liar in chief.” —Hasan Minhaj.
