Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Pink: Consumerism
“Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women’s rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what’s going on in Africa – it stops us from thinking in general.” —Pink.
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Sting: Success
“Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I’d probably choose success.” —Sting.
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Bono: More malleable than you think
“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” —Bono.
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Piers Morgan: Snobbish, pompous journalist
“There is a type of snobbish, pompous journalist who thinks that the only news that has any validity is war, famine, pestilence or politics. I don’t come from that school.” —Piers Morgan.
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Sofia Richie: Coconut oil
“I sleep in coconut oil. I just soak in it… in my hair, on my face, on my skin, all over – it’s kind of my thing.” —Sofia Richie.
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Elon Musk: Change
“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” —Elon Musk.
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Jamie Foxx: Tragic
“Guys don’t adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It’s tragic.” —Jamie Foxx.
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Kendrick Lamar: Nothing really changes
“My moms always told me, ‘How long you gonna play the victim?’ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.” —Kendrick Lamar.
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Jay-Z: Politics
“Politics – I still think it’s a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It’s not about the people: it’s about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don’t have the balls to…
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Germaine Greer: Housewife
“The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband’s house in return for the security of being a permanent employee.” —Germaine Greer.
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Oprah Winfrey: High wire
“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” —Oprah Winfrey.
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Ingvar Kamprad: More women in management
“We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.” —Ingvar Kamprad.
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H Jackson Brown Junior: Good, honorable life
“Live a good, honorable life. then when you get older and think back , you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.” —H Jackson Brown Jr.
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Hillary Clinton: I’m keeping a chart
“In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Gwyneth Paltrow: Kick-ass red lipstick
“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.” —Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Tupac Shakur: When it rains, it pours
“You know it’s funny when it rains, it pours. They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” —Tupac Shakur.
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Chris Stapleton: Polarization
“I’m a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it’s like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.” —Chris Stapleton.
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Toni Braxton: Dating
“Dating is different when you get older. You’re not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.” —Toni Braxton.
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Nicole Eggert: Three huge catering trucks
“For all the concern about bodies and weight, ‘Baywatch’ has three huge catering trucks on the set at all times. One for entrees, one appetizers and one for junk food.” —Nicole Eggert.
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Simon Pegg: Sense of humor
“I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.” —Simon Pegg.
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Caitlyn Jenner: Practice what you preach
“If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.” —Caitlyn Jenner.
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John Travolta: Gossip magazines and reviews
“I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors that read everything that’s written about them and they’re miserable. You can choose what to let into your life.” —John Travolta.
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Dave Grohl: Guilt
“Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It’s a black wall. It’s a thief.” —Dave Grohl.
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Juhi Chawla: Tragedy
“Why do we wait for tragedy to strike to tell someone how special they are, or how special they were?” —Juhi Chawla.
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Preity Zinta: Power of no
“Luck always favours the brave. And you must remember that brave are the people who follow their heart; brave are the people who take chances in life. Which also means you have to say no sometimes. I believe the power of no is greater than yes.” —Preity Zinta.
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Steve Wynn: Recruit for personality
“We recruit our people for personality. We look for the people person, with innate warmth, sweetness, and intelligence. These are the people who are sending your message out to the customers and potential customers, so we recruit for personality first and foremost.” —Steve Wynn.
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Jennifer Lopez: Beauty treatments
“I don’t get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.” —Jennifer Lopez.
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Gwyneth Paltrow: Beauty in one specific way
“I really like where Tony Robbins says that we’re all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it’s true.” —Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Hillary Clinton: Art of making the impossible possible
“The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Dane Cook: Anger
“Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there. ” —Dane Cook.
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Nikolas Sarkozy: Presidential campaign
“In a presidential campaign, you can’t lie. You can’t hide what you are and what you want. You can’t hide what kind of President you’ll be. You can’t keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can’t keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.” —Nikolas Sarkozy.
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Elijah Wood: Absence of love
“In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.” —Elijah Wood.
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Hillary Clinton: Undaunted
“I’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Abraham Joshua Heschel: Clever versus kind
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel, theology professor (1907-1972).
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Naval Ravikant: Cryptocurrencies
“Cryptocurrency currencies take the concept of money, and they take it native into computers, where everything is settled with computers and doesn’t require external institutions or trusted third parties to validate things.” —Naval Ravikant.
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Jennifer Lopez: You get what you give
“You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.” —Jennifer Lopez.
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Mandy Moore: Role model
“We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.” —Mandy Moore.
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Stan Walker: What I believe is what I show
“What I believe is what I show, if I’m going to write a song about girls I don’t want to do it in a way where I’m downgrading a girl.” —Stan Walker.
