Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Donald Knuth: Let loose computer scientists
”In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That’s what really advances the field.” —Donald Knuth.
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Thomas Wolfe: Pinnacle of success
”You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.” —Thomas Wolfe, novelist (3 Oct 1900-1938).
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Meryl Streep : Violence incites violence
”This instinct to humiliate, when’s it’s modelled by someone on the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. And when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.”…
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Meryl Streep: Crawling with outsiders and foreigners
”Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. And if we kick them all out, you’ll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts. ” —Meryl Streep does not belong in President-elect Donald Trump’s camp.
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Richard Nixon : Words, not voices
”We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. “ —Richard Nixon.
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Bill Drayton: Transition
“Every successful organisation has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change.” —Bill Drayton.
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Elvis Presley: Truth
”Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” —Elvis Presley.
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Guru Dutt: Hurt
“Everybody is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for.” —Guru Dutt.
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Gerald Durrell: Worlds
”There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.” —Gerald Durrell.
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Georges Clemenceau: Military justice
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. -Georges Clemenceau, statesman (28 Sep 1841-1929).
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Rowan Atkinson: Mr. Bean
”Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach.” —Rowan Atkinson.
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William Empson: Imaginative literature
“The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.” —William Empson, literary critic and poet (27 Sep 1906-1984) .
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James Couzens: Social justice
”It is our belief that social justice begins at home. We want those who have helped us to produce this great institution and are helping to maintain it to share our prosperity. We want them to have present profits and future prospects. … Believing as we do, that a division of our earnings between capital…
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Deepika Padukone: Broken heart
”Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.” —Deepika Padukone.
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John Burroughs: To rise above the little things
“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep is this – To rise above the little things.” – John Burroughs.
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John Berger: Men and women
“Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.” —John Berger.
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Floyd Patterson: Fear
”Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.” —Floyd Patterson.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan: Believe in yourself
”Let me give you a New Year message: Believe in yourself, because no one ever achieved anything significant without believing in himself and no one ever will! Believe in yourself powerfully, especially when there is no reason left to believe in yourself because the ultimate bottom is the best place to start a big rise!”…
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Donald Trump: Just a club
“United Nations is just a club for people to have a good time.” —Donald Trump.
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Mel Gibson: Stages
”I just don’t do anything fun anymore. But, that’s dying, isn’t it? I mean, you die in stages, right? You let things go in pieces.” —Mel Gibson.
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Isaac Asimov: Be obvious
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.” —Isaac Asimov.
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Donald Trump: No computer is safe
”You know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way. Because I’ll tell you what: No computer is safe. I don’t care what they say.” —Donald Trump.
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Jonathan Edwards: Two resolutions
“Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.” —Jonathan Edwards.
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Vidya Balan: Sari
”I enjoy the sari. I think it’s the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it’s extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.” —Vidya Balan.
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F Scott Fitzgerald: A drink
”First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Cyril Cusack: New Year Resolution
”If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.” —Cyril Cusack.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Social media
”We live in an age where we are over-informed. There’s a lot of noise – the TV guys think I’m five hours late, the newspaper guys feel they’re a day late – the emphasis is on putting news out there. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not because it’s no skin off their back. But…
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Shah Rukh Khan: Don’t philosophise
”Don’t philosophise until you’re rich first. I used to be poor, and I can tell you there’s nothing romantic about it. When young people, friends, say they want to be great creative novelists, I advise them to be a copywriter first, make a little money. Don’t be a struggling artist; be a happy one.” —Shah…
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Paulo Coelho: 2017
“Before you step into 2017, cancel your subscriptions to other people’s dramas and negativity.” —Paulo Coelho.
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Sir Anthony Hopkins: Shakespeare
”I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.” —Sir Anthony Hopkins.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: God is in the details
”God is in the details.” —Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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Chetan Bhagat: Simple, homely girl
“Men still want a simple and homely girl. The moment they come to know that the woman earns more than them, they say ‘this will not do’.” —Chetan Bhagat.
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Debbie Reynolds: Utter filth
“I stopped making movies because I don’t like taking my clothes off. Maybe it’s realism, but in my opinion, it’s utter filth.” —Debbie Reynolds.
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Rudyard Kipling: Worst liars
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears.” —Rudyard Kipling.
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Bob Hope: Charity
”If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” —Bob Hope.
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Charlie Munger: Sit on your ass
“If you buy something because it’s undervalued, then you have to think about selling it when it approaches your calculation of its intrinsic value. That’s hard. But if you buy a few great companies, then you can sit on your ass. That’s a good thing. We’re partial to putting out large amounts of money where…
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Margaret D Nadauld: For eternity
”We are each one on a road going toward home, but we’re not trying to get there for Christmas. We’re trying to get there for eternity. We want to arrive home safely to our loving Father in Heaven. He wants us to make it safely there, so He has sent a guiding light for us…
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Linus Torvalds: Intelligence
“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.” —Linus Torvalds.
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George Carlin: Jolly Santa
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” —George Carlin.
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Sarah Vowell: Pessimistic imagination
”I talk about going to his [George W. Bush’s] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, ’cause I was so afraid he was going to “wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water” … the failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.” —Sarah Vowell, author and journalist (b. 27…
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Vera Rubin: Scientific progress
”Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.” —Vera Rubin.
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Salman Khan: Marriage
”I was close to getting married a long time ago. But it didn’t happen, and since then it has not been happening. It is jinxed, and I am very happy. I hope this jinx continues.” —Salman Khan.
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Caroline Kennedy: A lot of work
“It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.” —Caroline Kennedy.
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George Michael: Painful truth
”There’s no comfort in the truth, pain is all you’ll find.” —George Michael.
