Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Ozzy Osbourne: Lying
“To be a liar, you’ve got to have a great memory, and I don’t have a memory.” —Ozzy Osbourne.
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Benjamin Franklin: Better man
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Britney Spears: Inspiration, not role model
“I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model – because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I’m offstage, I’m just like everybody else.” —Britney Spears.
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Seneca: Perfect soundness of mind
“I am satisfied, if every day I take away something from my vices and correct my faults. I have not arrived at perfect soundness of mind, indeed, I never shall arrive at it.” —Seneca (“On the Happy Life”).
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Jerry Fodor: Philosophy and science
“Some philosophers hold that philosophy is what you do to a problem until it’s clear enough to solve it by doing science. Others hold that if a philosophical problem succumbs to empirical methods, that shows it wasn’t really philosophical to begin with.” Jerry A. Fodor, Representations: Philosophical Essays on the Foundations .
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Nassim Taleb: Homogenizing tastes
“It is obvious that the information age, by homogenizing our tastes, is causing the unfairness to be even more acute—those who win capture almost all the customers.” – Nassim Taleb, Fooled by Randomness.
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Winston Churchill: Continuous effort
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” —Winston Churchill.
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Richard Bach: Not work
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” —Richard Bach,writer.
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Louisa May Alcott: Let my name stand
“If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.” —Louisa May Alcott, writer and reformist (29 Nov 1832-1888) .
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Michael Lewis: Not infallible
“The doctor is not infallible and does not know everything, and it’s a shame that we need to thrust him into a position where he has to seem infallible in order to make everybody feel good. Because we are much better off if he’s very aware of how highly fallible he is and how little…
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C S Lewis: Ineffective in this world
“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” —C S Lewis.
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Margaret Atwood: Fabric of democracy
“The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.” —Margaret Atwood, writer and poet.
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Simon Sinek: Progress
“If we think of everything we have to do, we feel overwhelmed. If we do the one thing we need to do, we make progress.” —Simon Sinek.
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Charlie Munger: Great lesson in microeconomics
“The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it’s going to kill you.” – Charlie Munger.
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Jon Stewart: Fatherhood
Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch. —Jon Stewart.
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Margaret Chase Smith: Constructive criticism
“Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. … Constructive criticism is not only to be expected, but sought.” —Margaret Chase Smith, politician.
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Bruce Lee: Knowledge versus character
“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” —Bruce Lee.
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Rudy Francisco: Parts of me
“I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for.” —Rudy Francisco.
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Thomas Sowell: Ideas
“People who pride themselves on having ideas often fail to understand that only after ideas have been filtered through real-world world experience do we know whether they are right or wrong. Most turn out to be wrong.” — Thomas Sowell.
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Bruce Paltrow: Homogenized
“Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.” —Bruce Paltrow.
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Kaui Hart Hemmings: Love and disappointment
“Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment?” —Kaui Hart Hemmings.
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Jill Hennessey: Actor working in theater
“When you’re an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream to ask for changes.” —Jill Hennessey.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Chief feature
“The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.” —Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Dale Carnegie: Inaction
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” —Dale Carnegie.
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Rudy Francisco: Loving ourselves
“Perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely, that when others see us they know exactly how it should be done.” —Rudy Francisco.
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Ben Graham: Irrational
“Obviously the stock market is quite irrational in thus varying its valuation of a company proportionately with the temporary changes in reported profits. A private business might easily earn twice as much in a boom year as in poor times, but its owner would never think of correspondingly marking up or down the value of…
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Franklin Pierce: Elections
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.” —Franklin Pierce.
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David Cassidy: Role models
“Kids need role models, whether it’s baseball players, actors or musicians: people to bring a little positive light into their hearts and minds. We need to be a little kinder to those people because it’s not easy being that role model, looked upon as something we are all incapable of being – too perfect.” —David…
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William Arthur Ward: Gratitude
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —William Arthur Ward.
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Plutarch: Oration
“It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration — nay, it is a very easy matter — but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.” —Plutarch, biographer and essayist.
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Walt Disney: Heritage
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.” —Walt Disney.
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Scarlett Johansson: Aura of mystery
“There’s no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn’t exist. That’s a thing of the past.” —Scarlett Johansson.
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Simon Sinek: Passion
“The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.” —Simon Sinek.
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Joseph Prince: News
“Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands of messages and voices bombard us from the moment we wake, fighting for our attention. All we see and hear, all day long, is news. And most of it is bad.”…
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Voltaire: Appreciation
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” —Voltaire.
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Gary Davis: Creative thinking
“Creative thinking is much more than using your imagination to crank out lots of new ideas. Creative thinking is a lifestyle, a personality trait, a way of perceiving the world, a way of interacting with other people, and a way of living and growing.”—Gary Davis
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Joe Biden: Lot more than a paycheck
My father used to have an expression. He’d say, ‘Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in your community'”. —Joe Biden.
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Abraham Maslow: Good society
“The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays.” —Abraham Maslow, psychologist.
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Sushmita Sen: Essence of a woman
“Just being a woman is God’s gift. The origin of a child is a mother, a woman. She shows a man what sharing, caring, and loving is all about. That is the essence of a woman.” —Sushmita Sen.
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Meg Ryan: Change
“People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn’t want to happen has happened.” —Meg Ryan.
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Jake Abel: Competing friends
“I think it is possible to be friends even if you’re competing. You know, there’s so many guys in rooms that try to psych each other out, and it doesn’t work. It only hinders their work.” —Jake Abel.
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Anne Bradstreet: Sweet words
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach.” Anne Bradstreet
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Charles Darwin: Serviceable
“I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of…
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Sophie Marceau: Acting versus writing
“Acting is contained – you act for three months, then leave it – but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.” —Sophie Marceau.
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Herbert Spencer: Misused words
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.” Herbert Spencer
