Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Jeremy Irons: Time machine
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” —Jeremy Irons.
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Dushyant: Aping the west
“As for the argument that ‘we must not ape the West blindly’, I say we must not abhor the West blindly.” —Dushyant.
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Boman Irani: Money and a person
”One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.” —Boman Irani.
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Bette Davis: Opinion
“When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” —Bette Davis.
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Woody Allen: Good excuse
“If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.” —Woody Allen, author, actor, and filmmaker (b. 1 Dec 1935).
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Woody Allen: Government
“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government.”—Woody Allen.
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Margaret Thatcher: If you want anything done
“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” —Margaret Thatcher.
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Magnus Carlsen: Getting to the top
”If you want to get to the top, there’s always the risk that it will isolate you from other people. “ —Magnus Carlsen.
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Mae West: Bad girls found out
“There are no good girls gone wrong—-just bad girls found out.” —Mae West.
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Sheena Iyengar: Choice
”The expansion of choice has become an explosion of choice.” —Sheena Iyengar.
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Maya Angelou: I’ll rise
“You may shoot me with your words, / You may cut me with your eyes, / You may kill me with your hatefulness, / But still, like air, I’ll rise.” —Maya Angelou, poet (1928-2014).
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William Blake: One law
One law for the lion and ox is oppression. -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827).
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William Blake: Truth and lies
”A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. “ —William Blake.
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Andy Grove: Only the paranoid survive
“I’m often credited with the motto, ‘Only the paranoid survive.’ When it comes to business, I believe in the value of paranoia. Business success contains the seeds of its own des-truction. The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business, and then another chunk, and then another until there is…
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Doug Larson: Not smart enough
“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” — Doug Larson.
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Fidel Castro: Good Catholic
“When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion…
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Bruce Lee: Circumstances and opportunities
“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” —Bruce Lee.
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John Wooden: After you know it all
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” —John Wooden.
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Fidel Castro: Revolution
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. —Fidel Castro.
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Tina Turner: Beginning of wisdom
“I’m not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it’s like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things.” —Tina Turner.
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Arjun Rampal: Clarity
”Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude with my defence mechanism down and am open to receiving that energy, that gives me clarity as at that time, you are listening to your heart. The heart shows you the direction in life. The mind…
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George Schultz: Talking about losing
“The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.”– George Schultz.
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Joe DiMaggio: Natural leader
”A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.” —Joe DiMaggio.
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Grimace
“One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.” —Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Dale Carnegie: Flaming enthusiasm
”Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” —Dale Carnegie.
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Arundhati Roy: Not a banker or an accountant
”I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.” —Arundhati Roy.
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Usher: Natural evolution
”Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you’re with an individual who isn’t moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain’t going to work.” —Usher.
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David McCullough: Writing
“To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.” —David McCullough.
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Erma Bombeck: Twelve minutes
”Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.” —Erma Bombeck.
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Chetan Bhagat: Demonetisation and patriotism
“The government changed physical dimensions of notes and made them incompatible with the ATMs. Now, it need not justify that mistake by saying stand in a queue for patriotism.” —Chetan Bhagat.
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Miley Cyrus: Imperfections equal beauty
“I don’t want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.” —Miley Cyrus.
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Isaac Asimov: Cult of ignorance
”There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” —-Isaac Asimov, scientist and…
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Scarlett Johansson: Before involving someone else
It‘s important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else – to gauge where you are and work on your own issues. —Scarlett Johansson.
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John F Kennedy: Revolution
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. “ —John F Kennedy.
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Richard Feynman: Reality over public relations
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.” —Richard Feynman.
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Xi Jinping: Fruits of development
“China will not shut its door to the outside world but open more.We’re going to… make sure the fruits of development are shared.” —Xi Jinping.
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P J O’Rourke: Source of our troubles
“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.” —P.J. O’Rourke, writer (b. 14 Nov 1947).
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Voltaire: Absurdities and atrocities
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” —Voltaire.
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Machiavelli: Broken promises
“The promise given was a necessity of the past, the word broken is a necessity of the present.” —Machiavelli.
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Salil Tripathi: Women and clothing
”Forcing women to cover up—as the Saudis do—is wrong; forcing them to reveal more—as the French seemed to be saying—is also wrong.” —Salil Tripathi.
