Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Dennis Ritchie: UNIX
”UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.” —Dennis Ritchie.
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Bhawna Monga: Bragging
“Bragging is the new feel-good factor. You brag to feel good about your life on an everyday basis, because other people’s lives are staring at you from your phones and laptops, and they all look super ‘cool’.” —Bhawna Monga.
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George Clooney: Twitter
“I think anyone who is famous is a moron if they’re on Twitter.” —George Clooney.
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George Clooney: Facebook
“I’d rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook page.” —George Clooney.
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Bob Dylan: Inconvenient repentance
”People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.” —-Bob Dylan.
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Stephen Leacock: Dimpled wedding
“Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.” —Stephen Leacock.
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Steve Harvey: This is business
You’ve got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business. Steve Harvey #WorldStandardsDay
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Lillie Devereux Blake: Gender roles
People share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. -Lillie Devereux Blake, novelist, essayist, and reformer (12 Aug 1833-1913) .
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Michelle Dauber: Rage
“The rage you are seeing from women is not solely or even principally directed at Trump. It is at the institutions and leaders who are failing to take action and hold him accountable… Women are sick and tired.” —Michelle Dauber.
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Robert Green Ingersoll: Wild beast
Courage without conscience is a wild beast. -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (11 Aug 1833-1899)
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Nida Fazli: Weeping child, laugh
”The mosque is too far from home, so let’s do this / Let’s make a weeping child laugh.” — Nida Fazli, poet (12 Oct 1938-2016).
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Jake Owen: Better man
“I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to…
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Hate misunderstood
She knew she’d try, Even though she’d cry. Love made it worthwhile. And the hate she had For what she tolerated, stood, withstood, Hate misunderstood, For it was love. —Linus Fernandes.
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Donald Trump: Inappropriate
“If they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we’ll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things.” —Donald Trump.
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Alejandro G. Inarritu: A better life
There is no human being who, as a result of desiring to build a better life, should be named or declared illegal. -Alejandro G. Inarritu, film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 15 Aug 1963)
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R K Narayan: Friendship
“Friendship was yet another illusion like love though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.” —R K Narayan.
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Douglas Adams: No answer
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer.” —Douglas Adams.
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Eunice de Souza: Tell me
“Tell me, Mr. Death Date, Time, Place I have to look for my Life-of-panties Make an appointment For a pedicure. —Eunice de Souza.
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Shashank Arora: Films and happy meals
“We don’t want to confront our lives through films. This is why most prefer films that are like happy meals. But a happy meal does not stay with you. That fish you once had, that had a million bones, of which one even pricked you, stays.” —Shashank Arora.
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Sarah Ockler: Sorry
“Would ‘sorry’ have made a difference? Does it ever? It’s just a word. One word against a thousand actions.” —Sarah Ockler.
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Stella Young: Apologies
“Apologies are great, but they don’t really change anything. You know what does? Action.” —Stella Young.
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Dr. Sanjay Chugh: Insincere apology
“An insincere apology is counterproductive. In fact, it can make the recipient feel worse than the original transgression.” —Dr. Sanjay Chugh.
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Pria Warrick: Apologising
“Apologising is simply an act of taking responsibility for your action. A sorry doesn’t make or break you, in fact, when worded with positive intent, it makes you seem stronger.” —Pria Warrick.
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Shobhha De: Stop-gap word
“A ‘Sorry’ stripped of sincerity, has no significance. It is merely a stop-gap word to prevent a flare-up.” —Shobhha De.
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Santosh Desai: Shamed association
“In the cultural space, the sense of worth or perceived social standing is the biggest asset. Associations like ‘naak neechi hona’, pagri, ‘sar jhukana’ all stem from the fact that there’s a shame in admitting you are wrong.” —Santosh Desai.
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Shobhha De: Spirit of a genuine apology
“Women spend their lives being apologetic. Men foolishly believe an apology is a sign of weakness and convert it into an ego issue—which negates the spirit of a genuine apology.” —Shobhha De.
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Nupur Amarnath: Saying sorry
”An apology requires long-term emotional investment and deep introspection, and has no short-cuts. And don’t expect to be forgiven. Saying sorry doesn’t mean you are forgiven, it’s just a way forward.” —Nupur Amarnath.
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Nupur Amarnath: How not to apologise
How not to apologise 1. The blame shifter: Never say: “I’m sorry you feel that way.” Don’t shift the blame to the other person.2. It’s not me, it’s the alcohol: So, you had a tipple or five? Alcohol is not a valid ‘get out of jail free’ card.3. Forcing forgiveness: “You have to forgive me – you must!” “No,…
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Eunice de Souza: Learn from the almond leaf
“Learn from the almond leaf Which flames as it falls. The ground is burning. The earth is burning. Flamboyance is all. —Eunice de Souza.
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Winston Churchill: Power of an airforce
”The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.” —Winston Churchill.
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Eunice de Souza: Big poems
“I don’t like writing or reading big poems. I can’t bear anyone going on and on.” —Eunice de Souza.
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Tim Kaine: Fundamental choice
“… on the economy, there’s a fundamental choice for the American electorate. Do you want a ‘you’re hired’ president in Hillary Clinton or do you want a ‘you’re hired’ president in Donald Trump?” —Tim Kaine, US Democratic Vice-presidential candidate.
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Jean de la Bruyere: High birth
“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.” —Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist (16 Aug 1645-1696).
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Shimon Peres:Television
”Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.” —Shimon Peres.
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Joan Perrin: Cult leadership
“If you’re in a cult, I’m afraid, By charismatic leader swayed, I am warning you, Whatever you do, Please, please, don’t drink the kool-aid!” -Joan Perrin.
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Shimon Peres: Land and science
The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality. —Shimon Peres
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Aishwarya Iyer: Different children
“Sometimes children develop into people who aren’t just vastly different from their parents, but different because of them.” —Aishwarya Iyer, A Big Lie.
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Vir Das: Happiest
“I am happiest when I’m writing. When I don’t have anything to write, that is when I write my best. ” —Vir Das.
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Shimon Peres:Third alternative
When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn’t think about, that doesn’t exist. —Shimon Peres.
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Mahatma Gandhi: Politics
”If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.” —Mahatma Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948).
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Vera Wang: Wedding dress
“When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.” —Vera Wang.
